Reacting to my first video! - 5 Year Anniversary | Hopwood DePree

[@elizabethrusson7495]

Looking at you five years ago, you have grown so much as a person. Thank you for allowing us along on your adventure.

[@HopwoodXIV]

😀❤ Thanks Elizabeth!

[@terryritzema8249]

Yay!!!! Grand Rapids Michigan.❤

[@HopwoodXIV]

😀❤

[@angelialaw6223]

So very proud of you. Wow, I can't believe it has been 5 yrs. already. Keep up the good work .

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Angelia!

[@janejohnson7777]

I hope to make it to England & Hopwood Hall in the next 5 years. It would be so great to see it in person.

[@debluetailfly]

Glad to find your channel and subscribe. My sister had found your website and told me. I had downloaded some pictures and articles about Hopwood Hall in years past, before you moved there. I believe it was owned by a college at that time. Happy to see you taking on the restoration job! I have not been able to trace my ancestry back far enough to know if I was kin to the Hopwoods of Hopwood Hall. And no, I am not the Daniel Hopwood who is a decorator in England.

[@napili00]

Congrats Hopwood, and all best wishes for the next five years! Hope you will be able to soon move into Hopwood Hall. Richard

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Richard!

[@jodyphenicie5187]

Thank you for sharing your incredibly personal and adventurous journey. You, and your crew's dedication is admirable to say the least! Looking forward to the rest of the journey. Stay strong!

[@HopwoodXIV]

😀 Thanks so much Jody!!

[@auntbeck9447]

Just found you today. I'm reading your book and thought I would learn a little bit more by seeking you out on your KZbin channel. The book is great so far and I have enjoyed watching the first 5 videos you posted 5 years ago. I look forward to watching all of your older videos and learning more about your journey! Good Luck with your renovation!

[@rosalynliddle1353]

Great work! Slowly but surely Hopwood,keep your eye on the goal,right alongside you

[@travelerintime123]

Hi Hopwood! I found your channel a few months ago and have so enjoyed watching your videos. I also bought your book and that really gave me an inside view of all you went through to get to your saving of the family estate, and I can't tell you how many times you made me laugh! All I can say is WOW! What an incredible journey and I wish you continued good luck with the restoration of Hopwood Hall!

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks so much Judy! Great to hear from you and it is fantastic to have you along with us on the journey!! 😀

[@debshaw680]

Happy anniversary!

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Deb!!

[@BryanMecklenburg]

WOW! You and your incredible team of volunteers have accomplished so much in the past five years. It is exciting to think about what you all will do in the next five years.

[@HopwoodXIV]

cheers Bryan! Thanks so much

[@weiduoduo]

Well done! Big congratulations, looking forward to visiting it one day!

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Victor! Sounds great!

[@cherylwood5202]

Congratulations! So much work, so much progress, so much fun and so many connections! Wishing you many more 5 year anniversaries ahead!

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thank you Cheryl!

[@matthewsmith3210]

A big well done to you and the friends of Hopwood 🎉 here’s to the next 5

[@HopwoodXIV]

Cheers Matthew!

[@HeyMJ.]

Wishing our favorite Hopwoods many more amazing years together.. Happy Anniversary! 🥳

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thank you!!

[@paige37914]

AWESOMENESS!

[@HopwoodXIV]

❤❤

[@trevortrevortsr2]

So delighted your making progress - Would love to visit it sometime over Christmas

[@HopwoodXIV]

Hi Trev - our next open day is this Saturday! It's fully booked right now but they are taking waitlist names if you are interested!

[@trevortrevortsr2]

@@HopwoodXIV Would love to however I'm only available over Christmas/New Year as i live down south - Where would I find out and apply?

[@HopwoodXIV]

Hi @@trevortrevortsr2 check out this link where we post the open days. Hope you can join us one of these days. cheers hopwoodxiv.com/tours-and-events/

[@joedavies940]

Congrats - keep up the great work

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Joe!

[@genevieveradford3165]

Happy Anniversary 🎉🎉Can’t believe 5 years have passed! May another five years bring you closer to your goals!

[@HopwoodXIV]

cheers Genevieve!!

[@elizabradley4797]

Hopwood 🦃Milestone 5 Years 🤗‼️🏆 ~ A truly phenomenal Cause Au Celebre ~ A Great percentage of your life en toto you gave with time & love ~ love of history of family much more than one birthday one Christmas ~ 600 years 😱. ~ Lord Byron 😳 ~ Dear Heavens ~ That is my favorite guest of The Hall ~ A Wild One Trying To Bend Morées by Hanging With The Sultans 🌹Harems ~ Those Artists ‼️~ Reviving A Princess Whom Has Been Waiting For Years to Breathe Again ~ You Are Her Prince To The Rescue ~ A Hurricane of Energy ~ Bless You Hopwood to Protect.& Rennovate ~ Always Believe History Is More Precious Than The Here & Now To Save Honor Preserved & For The Future ~ That Really Doesn't Make Sense ~ But Love Preservation 🌹Restoration ~ Amazing The Centuries ~ Amazing Hopwood ~ Onward ~ 🙏🤲 Monsieur DuPree. ~ ❤️ of Hopwood ✨

[@emmabeckett3794]

Wow where has the 5 years gone it's been an amazing journey for you and us watching xx

[@HopwoodXIV]

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[@sidneylawson7767]

Congratulations. What a journey for you. What is nice is the relationship you are forming with your family’s history. This will only enhance your journey ahead. Every good wish from Vermont.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Sidney!! 😀

[@LindaMarci]

These videos are a fabulous watch - saving an 'at risk' medieval manor house, with all the delights and set backs that entails, is a great quest story and the fact you have a real commitment to the social value of the hall to the community, and they in turn are part of the restoration story, is just brilliant! Looking forwards to reading the book for more details and visiting. PS: My little niece started watching and thinks you're hilarious! 😁

[@HopwoodXIV]

Haha great to hear Linda! Thank you. It's fantastic to have you along with us. A big Hello to your little niece!! 😀

[@LindaMarci]

@@HopwoodXIV Haha, cheers! Little niece says BIG HELLO back 😁 And Happy Thanksgiving - I'm going to experience my first ever, in Manchester, tomorrow, yayyy!! 🦃🎊🎉🥂

[@HopwoodXIV]

@@LindaMarci 😀😀❤

[@kateh7502]

This was great! It must feel really overwhelming at times to think about how much you have yet to do, but think about everything you've already accomplished in only five years! GOOD GRIEF!! You've done a FANTASTIC job and I can't believe how far you've come. This house really needed you and you've done a lot of good in a short amount of time. Well done!

[@HopwoodXIV]

😀❤ Thank you so much Kate! I couldn't do it without the amazing community and the incredible support we've received from so many others along the way!!

[@rodolfogarcia4359]

Happy Anniversary 🥰

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Rodolfo!

[@christinahilton2163]

That's crazy! 5yrs already? God Bless you Hopwood! Hope you're enjoying it as best as possible....it will be remarkable once restored....does your family think you're nuts? Guess I'll have to buy your book! onto the next episode :D

[@sallyturner1669]

Have you done your family tree to see how you actually connect to Hopwood?

[@HopwoodXIV]

Hi Sally! Yes it was really interesting

[@sallyturner1669]

You should share it with us in a video. I’d be interested. I’ve been able to most my tree. I found Lady Godiva. And a famous English clockmaker. My grandfather came from the UK to the US when he was 18. My Dads family was early settlers to Maryland from England in the 1600s.

[@HopwoodXIV]

@@sallyturner1669 Wow fascinating! Great suggestion. Thanks!!

[@sallyturner1669]

@@HopwoodXIV recent history, no one owned a castle though. They were farmers for the most part. My Moms family owned pubs and her grandmothers family was lace makers. I love history and watching your castle is fascinating.

[@HopwoodXIV]

@@sallyturner1669 ❤❤

[@L.Spencer]

Because you keep a yellow plastic hanger is why you're a great person for the restoration project. Well, I don't know if that makes sense. Lol

[@greeneaglz2573]

I am wondering how you are coping in the last 6 months with all the price rises and the fuel costs. Has funding been cut? How have the recent COVID events helped or hindered the project? Perhaps an overall update video may help with the project. Maybe with 'sponsor a room' or an interactive online website that can give us an idea on what is being worked on, what the history of the house is in particular areas and maybe some costings on how people can help financially with certain parts. Perhaps a few guided tours as things progress for schools... maybe they could have a designated part of the gardens they can maintain if they are a local school? Just some thoughts.

[@debbiel3064]

Dang, I was just in Holland, Michigan

[@HopwoodXIV]

Haha wow Debbie- did you enjoy it?

[@sarahcook5762]

Ahh I have loved watching this!! I am so glad to of found you thru the lockdown. You have kept my spirits up xx

[@HopwoodXIV]

😀 Thanks Sarah! We're glad to have found you too!!

[@sarahcook5762]

Keep up your amazing work. One day I will get there to see your beautiful ancestral home x

[@sarahcook5762]

Busy finally reading your book. Loving it 😍

[@HopwoodXIV]

@@sarahcook5762 that's so great to hear! Thank you!

[@imcrazybrumfield5621]

B) Hopwood!

[@suejordan4368]

Yay to Holland and Grand Rapids! Fellow Michigander here. Love your videos. Thank you for allowing us all to share in your journey ❤️