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Alice - the ghost in the mirror
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th December 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Meynell,Alice through the looking glass,Lewis Carroll,Charles Dodgson,ghost,hoar cross hall,Spa hotel
...st at the hotel and thought nothing of it – however, when he mentioned it the next day, he was told that no children were staying at the hotel at that time. Again, on a separate occasion, the barman looked into the mirror and saw the child standing behind him but when he turned round she was gone.
When author Graham Phillips went to the hall to research the Alice story, he took a photograph of the mirror and many people said they could see a little girls’ face in the bottom left hand corner of it. How strange! Is this the real Alice looking through the glass back at us? What do you think?
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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
...HYSTERICAL PRODUCTIONS: By the end of 1974 we had done about 40 banquets and they were still going strong. Most of the original cast were still with us but we were on our second king now and also doing our own catering and bar, whereas when we first started, we had got a catering firm in to do it all. Every weekend over 200 people came to sample our Noble Brose, Roast Lambe and Saracen’s Delight and sing along to ‘I’m Henry VIII I am’ whilst drinking beer, wine and mead.
But it was a very adult environment for 15 year old girls to work in; a few of my school friends also worked at the banquets as wenches and we were constantly being chatted up by...
Alice - the ghost in the mirror #38
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th May 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,lewis carroll,Christ Church,Oxford,emily meynell,Hickleton Hall,Alice in Wonderland
...st at the hotel and thought nothing of it – however, when he mentioned it the next day, he was told that no children were staying at the hotel at that time. Again, on a separate occasion, the barman looked into the mirror and saw the child standing behind him but when he turned round she was gone.
When author Graham Phillips went to the hall to research the Alice story, he took a photograph of the mirror and many people said they could see a little girls’ face in the bottom left hand corner of it. How strange! Is this the real Alice looking through the glass back at us? Or is it the little girl that has been seen on numerous occasions by many people who hav...
Change and the Country House #61
Posted by Viv Wilson on 7th July 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell ingram,new years eve,mediaeval banquets,queen victoria,The National Trust,Historic Houses Association,industrial revolution,Edwardian era,victorian era,downton abbey,The Royal Family,aristocracy,Hoar Cross Hall Spa hotel,Barons Eden
...nt to the hotel that is there today run by lots of staff and using local produce, except that the Hall was being run for just one family! Despite the vast wealth of some of these landowners many did good works and used their money to create charities to help the poor and uneducated as did Emily Meynell when she created a childrens' home called 'The Home of the Good Shepherd' from nearby Old Hall, her former home before she and her husband built the Hall.
The Home of the Good Shepherd at Hoar Cross
So what changed as the 19th century moved on? The Industrial Revolution caused a lot of change – the growth of industry spawned cities and a new class...
Ghouls Galore! #85
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th October 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Barons Eden,my dad bought a mansion,amazon,history,stately home,ghosts,haunting,ghouls,attic,Victorian,Christian,halloween,pagan,spiritual,Library,mirror
...st at the hotel and thought nothing of it – however, when he mentioned it the next day, he was told that no children were staying at the hotel at that time. Again, on a separate occasion, the barman looked into the mirror and saw the child standing behind him but when he turned round she wasn’t there!
The original mirror in the Library - but who is the little girl?
Many people that stayed overnight at the Hall also heard these and other noises, and in the ensuing years we experienced many ghostly happenings! But why do these things happen, I wonder? Emily Meynell was a very strong Christian lady but her best friend, who often stayed with her...Alice - the ghost in the mirror #28
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th December 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,alice through the looking glass,alice in wonderland,hickleton hall,Charles Wood,lewis carroll,Christ Church
...st at the hotel and thought nothing of it – however, when he mentioned it the next day, he was told that no children were staying at the hotel at that time. Again, on a separate occasion, the barman looked into the mirror and saw the child standing behind him but when he turned around she was gone.
When author Graham Phillips went to the hall to research the Alice story, he took a photograph of the mirror and many people said they could see a little girls’ face in the bottom left hand corner of it. How strange! Is this the real Alice looking through the glass back at us? What do you think?
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