LORD HALIFAX
OF HICKLETON HALL.
HICKLETON HALL
| The Sue Ryder Home, Hickleton Hall | |
| Location | Hickleton,Doncaster,South Yorkshire, |
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The hall was converted to the above around 1965 I believe..
WELL A RHYME WITH A LITTLE HISTORY I TELL TO YOU ALL TODAY.
ABOUT MEMORIES OF AN AUNT OF MINE BROUGHT BACK THE OTHER DAY.
WHEN I TOLD YOU I FOUND THINGS OF INTEREST CLEARING OUT MY DRAWERS.
QUITE A FEW THINGS I CAME ACROSS J/LAND AND MANY MANY MORES.
MY AUNT WAS BORN 1895 AND SHE WORKED IN SERVICE NEAR HOME .
FOR LORD HALIFAX AT HICKLETON HALL SOUTH YORKSHIRE WHERE OFTEN I ROAMED.
WHEN I USED TO GO THERE WITH MY MOTHER TO SEE HER SISTER FAIR.
AND SHE USED TO TAKE US TO HICKLETON HALL TO SHOW US WHAT SHE DID THERE.
I REMEMBER IT THOUGH IT WAS YESTERDAY AND A WARM WELCOME WE ALWAYS GOT.
MY MOTHER AND ME WHEN WE WENT THERE IN THE SUMMER WHEN IT WAS HOT.
THE STAFF ALWAYS MADE A FUSS OF ME AND USED TO TREAT ME SO KIND.
THEY NEVER SAID A NASTY WORD WHEN WE VISITED THEY DIDN'T MIND.
I CAME ACROSS AUNTS DEATH CERIFICATE AND THIS PICTURE SO VERY OLD.
WHICH WAS TAKEN IN NINETEEN TWENTY SIX MY AUNT CLARA AND MOTHER TOLD.
ME LOTS OF HISTORY ABOUT HICKLETON HALL MANY MEMORIES I COULD UNFOLD..
OF LORD HALIFAX AND THE STAFF AT HICKLETON IN THEM DAYS OF OLD.
I ALSO CAME ACROSS THIS APRON WRAPPED UP WITH ALL HER THINGS.
I HAVE NO IDEA IF IT'S WHAT SHE WORE LATER BUT TO ME MEMORIES OF HER IT BRINGS.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE TISSUE PAPER THE MATERIAL IS FLIMSY AND FINE.
AND I REMEMBER MOTHER GIVING ME THIS ROUND ABOUT THE SAME TIME.
THEN I FOUND MY DEAR AUNTS TOFFEE TIN WHICH SHE KEPT ALL HER PAPERS IN .
I NOW KEEP MY PENCILS AND PENS IN IT I LOVE THIS VERY OLD TIN.
MY AUNTIE GAVE IT TO ME ONE YEAR WHEN I WAS VISITING THERE.
AND NO PENCIL CASE OR OTHER THING WITH MY TOFFEE TIN DOES COMPARE.
I AM SUCH A POOR TAKER OF PEOPLES THINGS AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAND OUT.
A GIFT MY FRIENDS I MEAN AT THAT AND NOT A CLIP OR A CLOUT.
WELL ONE YEAR LORD HALIFAX SENT FOR MY AUNT TO SEE HIM AND HE DID SAY .
CHOOSE SOMETHING FROM THE HOUSE CLARA I HEAR THAT YOUR LEAVING TODAY.
SHE SAID OH I DON'T NEED ANYTHING SIR JUST MY GOOD HEALTH HER REPLY.
HE SAID NO YOU MUST CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT REALY CATCHES YOUR EYE.
MY AUNT HAD TO GIVE HER NOTICE FOR ILL HEALTH SHE FELL UPON.
SO LORD HALIFAX WANTED TO REWARD HER FOR ALL THE HARD WORK SHE'D DONE..
YOU HAVE BEEN A DEDICATED WORKER HERE SINCE THE TENDER AGE OF TWELVE.
SERVED WITH MY STAFF AND NEVER A DAY OFF CHOOSE SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF..
SHE TOLD ME THERE WAS A GREAT BIG HALL WITH CABINETS AND ORNAMENTS IN THERE.
AND WHIST SHE WAS WORKING AND DOING HER JOB SHE WOULD OFTEN STAND AND STARE.
AT THESE TWO ORNAMENTS SHE LOVED THEM SHE SAID THEY WERE SIMPLY THE BEST.
SO SHE CHOSE THE PAIR I REMEMBER HER SAYING TILL SHE GOT HOME SHE COULDN'T REST.
SHE WAS FRIGHTEDENED TO DEATH OF DROPPING THEM AFTER ALL THE YEARS SHE'D ADMIRED.
AND GENUINLY HAD A FEELING SHE MIGHT BE GIVEN THEM WHEN SHE RETIRED.
AS LORD HALIFAX ALWAYS GAVE A GIFT ON RETIREMENT TO HIS STAFF.
IF EVER THEY HAD TO LEAVE THROUGH ILLNESS OR WHENEVER BIRTHDAYS PASSED.
I REMEMBER HER TELLING ME SHE WAS DELIGHTED AND THANKED THE DEAR LORD ABOVE.
SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON SUCH A HARD WORKER AND SO FULL OF LOVE .
THE KIND WHO WOULD GO OUT OF HER WAY TO DO A FAVOUR FOR YOU.
NOTHING WAS EVER TOO MUCH TO PLEASE AND A DEDICATED CHRISTIAN TOO.
WHEN SHE DIED THEY WENT TO MY MOTHER HER SISTER OF COURSE AS THEY .
WERE EXTREMELY CLOSE DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER FROM TINY UNTIL GREY.
WELL I WAS ALWAYS THE FAVOURITE NIECE OF THIS AUNTIE AND UNCLE YOU SEE.
AS WHEN MOTHER WENT THERE VISITING THEM SHE TOOK ALONG TINY ME.
MY AUNT NEVER HAD ANY CHILDREN AND I NEVER QUESTIONED WHY.
BUT I FEEL IT MUST HAVE BEEN MEDICAL REASONS AS SHE ADORED CHILDREN LIKE I.
ONE DAY MY MOTHER SHE SAID TO ME KATHLEEN I WANT YOU TO TAKE.
THESE ORNAMENTS HOME WITH YOU TODAY AS I KNOW YOU WILL NEVER MAKE .
THE MISTAKE OF GETTING RID OF THEM I KNOW YOU LIKE THINGS OF OLD.
I THINK I HAVE OFTEN SAID SO IN MY ARCHIVES OF RHYMES WHICH IV'E TOLD.
I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THEM BUT MY MOTHER INSISTED THAT I.
TAKE THEM HOME SHE SAID PLEASE KATHLEEN AND I HAD A TEAR IN MY EYE.
I KNOW THAT YOU WILL LOOK AFTER THEM SO TO PLEASE MY MOTHER I DID.
SHE TOLD ME SHE THOUGHT MY OTHER SISTERS WOULD SELL THEM FOR A FEW QUID.
I CANNOT PART WITH ANYTHING WHICH HAS SENTIMENTAL VALUE AT ALL.
THESE ORNAMENTS TO ME WERE TREASURES SO I PLACED IN MY CABINET TALL.
AND I I STILL POSSESS THEM TO THIS DAY SO HERE IS WHAT I HAVE DONE.
TAKEN A PICTURE OF THEM AND AUNT AND MY MOTHER WHEN TURNED TWENTY ONE.
THE PHOTOGRAPH DOESN'T DO THEM JUSTICE SUCH DELICATE COLOURS THEY ARE.
AND IT'S LIKE A CHRISTMAS ROSE IN THE MIDDLE BUT NOT SHOWING UP BY FAR.
IT'S MANY YEARS SINCE I WAS GIVEN THEM AND I AM PROUD TOO YOU KNOW .
OF THIS ORIGINAL TOFFEE TIN WHICH WAS MY AUNTS IV'E PLACED HERE TO SHOW..
PEOPLE IN OLDEN DAYS I REMEMBER ALWAYS PLACED THINGS IN A TIN.
LIKE RENT BOOKS AND OTHER INSURANCE PAPERS AND ALSO OTHER THINGS.
DO YOU REMEMBER IF YOUR OLD ANCESTORS USED TO DO THIS LIKE MINE.
I THINK SO THEY COULD BE FOUND EASILY WHEN NEEDED AT ANY TIME.
MY MOTHER HAD ME WHEN SHE WAS FORTY WHICH I THINK WAS VERY LATE.
AND I LAUGHED WHEN I SAW THE FURR ROUND HER NECK ON THIS PICTURE BUT THINK IT LOOKS GREAT HE-HE.
I LOVE THE OLD SEPIA PHOTOGRAPHS AND IV'E NO IDEA WHERE THEY'LL GO.
COS TODAYS GENERATION DON'T VALUE NOSTALGIA SO I BET THEY WILL ALL THROW.
THEM OUT TO THE REFUSE BIN I AM SURE WHEN ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME.
SO AFTER A CHAT WITH MY FAMILY IF THEY DON'T WANT THEM I AM GOING TO SEE.
IF I CAN GIVE THEM TO SOME MUSEUM THE ORNAMENTS ESPECIALLY.
AS THEY ARE HAND PAINTED AND CHINA PORCELAIN AND THEY MEAN THE WORLD TO ME.
SO I HOPE YOUV'E ENJOYED MY NOSTALGIC STORY TODAY OF ONCE UPON A TIME.
A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY I FOUND SORTING DRAWERS OUT HERE IN "MY SIMPLE RHYME".
AUNT CLARA 31 IN 1926 MY MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS 21 IN 1926
LOOK AT THE HATS LOL!!! THAT MUST BE WHY I LIKE THEM HE-HEEEEEEE!!
SUPRIZE SUPRIZE !!!! I RECEIVED AN E. MAIL TODAY J/LAND INVITING ME TO BE SHOWN AROUND HICKLETON HALL.FROM ONE OF THE SUE RYDER LADIES WHO HAD READ MY BLOG.SHOULD I DECIDE TO ACCEPT THE INVITATION.
