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Hysterical Productions #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st September 2020 in Growing Up In Stately Home | mediaeval banquets,King,fire eater,long gallery,birmingham,londons olympia,afghan,New Years Eve
...broidered afghan coats – all the rage in 70s Britain. They cost an absolute fortune and we had to tell my dad that mine was my birthday present and the cost was half what it actually was – he still went a funny colour though as he wasn’t used to spending money on his family!
Me in my afghan coat
Another trip out was to the Grand Hotel in Leicester as the singer at the banquets was doing a gig there with ‘Dana’ and ‘Peters and Lee’. Mum loved them and as it was her birthday she and I went along too and had a lovely evening out complete with dinner which cost the grand total of £7.56 for two! We even pretended we were sisters for fun and w...Hysterical Productions #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st July 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Chinese room,Fire-eater,banquets,mead,Henry VIII,Christmas,afghan,monk
...broidered afghan coats – all the rage in 70s Britain. They cost an absolute fortune and we had to tell my dad that mine was my birthday present and the cost was half what it actually was – he still went a funny colour though as he wasn’t used to spending money on his family!
My afghan coat
And what a night one particular banquet turned out to be. Halfway through the evening a man became ill and came and sat in the Long Gallery. A little while later his friend came up to my mum and told her he’d had a heart attack and died. Surely not, my mum was thinking, not in the middle of a banquet? However, he had indeed died. At the request of his friends...
Hysterical Productions! #13
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st December 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,new year\'s eve,rock chick,1975,mediaeval banquets,Christmas,Fawlty Towers,Londons Olympia
...broidered afghan coats – all the rage in 70s Britain. They cost an absolute fortune and we had to tell my dad that mine was my birthday present and the cost was half what it actually was – he still went a funny colour though as he wasn’t used to spending money on his family!
Me in my afghan coat
Another trip out was to the Grand Hotel in Leicester as the singer at the banquets was doing a gig there with ‘Dana’ and ‘Peters and Lee’. Mum loved them and as it was her birthday she and I went along too and had a lovely evening out complete with dinner which cost the grand total of £7.56 for two! We even pretended we were sisters for...Hysterical Productions #16
Posted by Viv Wilson on 16th August 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,londons olympia,IRA,Birmingham,monk,Grand Hotel Leicester,New Year's Eve,rock chick,Downton Abbey,Bridgerton
...broidered afghan coats – all the rage in 70s Britain. They cost an absolute fortune and we had to tell my dad that mine was my birthday present and the cost was half what it actually was – he still went a funny colour though as he wasn’t used to spending money on his family!
Me in my afghan coat
Another trip out was to the Grand Hotel in Leicester as the singer at the banquets was doing a gig there with ‘Dana’ and ‘Peters and Lee’. Mum loved them and as it was her birthday she and I went along too and had a lovely evening out complete with dinner which cost the grand total of £7.56 for two! We even pretended we were sisters for fun and w...Hysterical Productions #16
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st November 1974 in Early Days | mediaeval banquets,racing car,olympia,london,ira,birmingham,hoar cross hall
...broidered afghan coats – all the rage in 70s Britain. They cost an absolute fortune and we had to tell my dad that mine was my birthday present and the cost was half what it actually was – he still went a funny colour though!
Another trip out was to the Grand Hotel in Leicester as our banquet singer was doing a gig there with Dana and Peters and Lee. Mum loved them so as it was her birthday she and I went along too and had a lovely evening out complete with dinner which cost the grand total of £7.56 for two! We even pretended we were sisters for fun and when the waiters found out it was mum’s birthday, they all sang “Happy Birthday” to her –...
Hysterical Productions #17
Posted by Viv Wilson on 10th February 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home |
...broidered afghan coats – all the rage in 70s Britain. They cost an absolute fortune and we had to tell my dad that mine was my birthday present and the cost was half what it actually was – he still went a funny colour though as he wasn’t used to spending money on his family!
Another trip out was to the Grand Hotel in Leicester as the singer at the banquets was doing a gig there with ‘Dana’ and ‘Peters and Lee’. Mum loved them and as it was her birthday she and I went along too and had a lovely evening out complete with dinner which cost the grand total of £7.56 for two! We even pretended we were sisters for fun and when the waiters found ou...