Bound volume, minutes of the Refreshment Sub-Committee [1952-1966]. Includes correspondence between Ring and Brymer (Birch's) Limited and MCC regarding the catering contract for Lord's, report on the catering operation at Lord's during the England vs. Australia Test match in June 1961
Items include:
Report that W J Brayshaw's resignation as Catering Manager had been accepted, 27 November 1952
Decision to employ G S Cox as Assistant Catering Manager, 24 February 1953
Meeting of a special sub-committee to deal with arrangements for a dinner to Sir Pelham Warner in honour of his 80th birthday, 7 October 1953
Recommendation to appoint E J Redman as Catering Manager and G S Cox as Assistant Catering Manager, 8 October 1953
Decision to convert the chocolate shop underneath the Mound Stand into a sweet shop and cigarette kiosk, 8 October 1953
Meeting of a special sub-committee to recommend improvements in the Pavilion bars, 17 December 1953
Recommendation to appoint L Mound as Assistant Catering Manager, with Cox becoming Catering Manager following Redman's retirement in 1955, 17 March 1955
Decision to close the bakery, 15 November 1955
Decision to approach contractors to investigate the possibility of letting out the catering at Lord's, 20 September 1956
Decision to recommend that catering at Lord's be operated by an outside contractor, 30 November 1956
Arrangements for the handover of the catering to Ring and Brymer (Birch's) Limited, 26 February 1957
Memorandum of a meeting of the Refreshment Sub-Committee held at Lord's to consider proposals regarding the contract with Ring and Brymer (Birch's) Limited, 18 February 1960
Memorandum of a meeting held at Lord's to discuss concern over the valuation by Allsop and Co. of the proposed Tavern being built on the corner of St John's Wood Road and Grove End Road, 14 January 1964
