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“Throw me into a trance!”
A kaleidoscope of visitors once passed through the doors of Theobald’s Park, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, the home of Lady Valerie Meux...
Paul Boughton
Feb 172 min read


Right, said Fred
Would anyone like to hear about Lady Valerie Meux , a man named Skull, a haunted room and a £100 bet? And, of course, rats. Lots and lots...
Paul Boughton
Feb 174 min read


Christmas Eve, 1910
By April 1910, Lady Valerie Susie Bruce Meux's health was in decline and, in early September, she went abroad for treatment for heart...
Paul Boughton
Feb 151 min read


Zee Pet wins The Derby
The Epsom Derby is run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey every year. On Wednesday, 5 June 1901, the race was won by Volodyovski, the...
Paul Boughton
Feb 152 min read


The Green Room Book
Let’s go back to 1906. The Green Room Book or Who's Who On The Stage: An Annual Biographical Record of the Dramatic Musical and Variety...
Paul Boughton
Feb 152 min read


Meet Baron De Kusel (Bey)
This is Baron De Kusel (Bey). In 1880, he met rich brewery heir Sir Henry Meux and his wife Lady Valerie Meux when they arrived on their...
Paul Boughton
Feb 152 min read


With kind regards from Lady Meux, 1893
It has taken me - what? - 20 years to acquire a copy of this book: Some Account of the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities in the...
Paul Boughton
Feb 152 min read
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