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Rags to Riches #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 14th September 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,second world war,first world war,boer War,tiger skin,bearskin,Tony Blackburn,Meynell,mediaeval banquets
...oom had a tiger skin rug on the floor and when a workman came to the house to check the electrics he wouldn’t go in my room – he was terrified of it! Well, it did have the tiger’s head on it too with its mouth wide open displaying a large set of fangs! In another room was a bearskin rug complete with head – we had no chance of getting the electrics fixed! Because of all the space we had a table tennis table in a spare bedroom and a pinball machine in another room that my dad had bought at a sale. This all seemed completely normal to us although in hindsight it was obviously anything but normal.
I think that my dad felt that he had ‘made it’ once we...RAGS TO RICHES! #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 3rd June 1973 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,alabaster,sculpture,suits of armour,stately home,sex,drugs,pink floyd,derby,second world war,first world war,1920's
...oom had a tiger skin rug on the floor and when a workman came to the house to check the electrics he wouldn’t go in my room – he was terrified of it! Well, it did have the tiger’s head on it too with its mouth wide open displaying a large set of fangs! In another room was a bearskin rug complete with head – we had no chance of getting the electrics fixed! Because of all the space we had a table tennis table in a spare bedroom and a pinball machine in another room that my dad had bought at a sale. This all seemed completely normal to us although in hindsight it was obviously anything but normal.
I think that my dad felt that he had ‘made it’...Rags to Riches #16
Posted by Viv Wilson on 3rd February 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Meynell,hoar cross hall,mediaeval banquets,suits of armour,first world war,Louis Martin,second world war,olympics
...oom had a tiger skin rug on the floor and when a workman came to the house to check the electrics he wouldn’t go in my room – he was terrified of it! Well, it did have the tiger’s head on it too with its mouth wide open displaying a large set of fangs! In another room was a bearskin rug complete with head – we had no chance of getting the electrics fixed! Because of all the space we had a table tennis table in a spare bedroom and a pinball machine in another room that my dad had bought at a sale. This all seemed completely normal to us although in hindsight it was obviously anything but normal.
I think that my dad felt that he had ‘made it’...Rags to Riches #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th November 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | first world war,second world war,alabaster,Chellaston mines,Derby,Italian,louis martin,suits of armour,Olympics
...oom had a tiger skin rug on the floor and when a workman came to the house to check the electrics he wouldn’t go in my room – he was terrified of it! Well, it did have the tiger’s head on it too with its mouth wide open displaying a large set of fangs! In another room was a bearskin rug complete with head – we had no chance of getting the electrics fixed! Because of all the space we had a table tennis table in a spare bedroom and a pinball machine in another room that my dad had bought at a sale. This all seemed completely normal to us although in hindsight it was obviously anything but normal.
I think that my dad felt that he had ‘made it’...Rags to Riches #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th August 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Jamaica,alabaster,Derby walk of fame,Olympics,Louis Martin,first world war,second world war,Downton Abey,Bridgerton,period drama
...oom had a tiger skin rug on the floor and when a workman came to the house to check the electrics he wouldn’t go in my room – he was terrified of it! Well, it did have the tiger’s head on it too with its mouth wide open displaying a large set of fangs! In another room was a bearskin rug complete with head – we had no chance of getting the electrics fixed! Because of all the space we had a table tennis table in a spare bedroom and a pinball machine in another room that my dad had bought at a sale. This all seemed completely normal to us although in hindsight it was obviously anything but normal.
I think that my dad felt that he had ‘made it’ once we...Rags to Riches #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st July 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Italian,Derby,first world war,second world war,Bridgerton,Downton Abbey,tony blackburn,Michaelangelo
...oom had a tiger skin rug on the floor and when a workman came to the house to check the electrics he wouldn’t go in my room – he was terrified of it! Well, it did have the tiger’s head on it too with its mouth wide open displaying a large set of fangs! In another room was a bearskin rug complete with head – we had no chance of getting the electrics fixed! Because of all the space we had a table tennis table in a spare bedroom and a pinball machine in another room that my dad had bought at a sale. This all seemed completely normal to us although in hindsight it was obviously anything but normal.
The bearskin rug
I think that my dad felt that he...