A Family History of the Illustrious, Notorious and Eccentric Lloyds of Birmingham, Brigstock and Pipewell Hall - Flipbook - Page 44
BRIGSTOCK
Maunteley House 1898 - 1921
nly Brigstock anecdote I can recall is of the Bishop of Peterborough coming to tea there.
ently, when there was a gap in the conversation, Granny Lloyd was heard to say to the Bishop,
of the sorrows of my life is that I have never had any children!" At which point, all her children
were in the room exclaimed loudly, "Oh Mummy!".
ose that it was from Brigstock that the older members of the family came to know the
esters, living nearby at Boughton (e.g. Uncle Billy in an anecdote in his chapter greets the Duchess
ce on the staircase at the Hyde Park Hotel).
Guns or Butter 3 Pen Lloyd9s Introduction to Mechanisation
the 1914-18 war broke out there were three children in the nursery at Maunteley House, and they
governess, Miss Blakey, who came straight from looking after Rudyard Kipling9s children (I
mber Rudyard Kipling well, he once gave me some jumping beans). She was a marvellous woman,
e all called her
