Cassette recording, Sheila Dunbar, wife of MCC Assistant Secretary J G Dunbar, interviewed by Geoffrey Moorhouse at Lord's Cricket Ground. The recording consists of two sides of a cassette.
Side 1: [0:00-2:40] Dunbar talks about when she first visited Lord's aged 16, her husband's appointment by MCC in 1949 and building a house at 6 Elm Tree Road for her husband and her to live in, [2:40-11:00] Dunbar talks about her husband's qualifications and work he did prior to joining MCC, his achievements with the ground during his time at Lord's including the building of the Tavern Stand, Coronation Garden, Members' Dining Room and Warner Stand, Sheila Dunbar not being able to see Lord's from her house due to the building of the Warner Stand, and an incident involving flooding in the Warner Stand which she had to deal with in her husband's absence, [11:00-17:10] Dunbar talks about her husband's other responsibilities including being a licencee of the Lord's Tavern, George Portman's catering at Lord's, and playing cricket with her son in the garden with famous cricketers, [17:10-18:30] Dunbar talks about her house being used as an emergency exit during the bomb scare at Lord's in 1973 and the people who visited her house including H S Altham, P F Warner and Viscount Cobham, [18:30-19:50] Moorhouse and Dunbar talk about Viscount Cobham, [19:50-26:15] Dunbar talks about her admiration for P F Warner, and attending schools and varsity matches at Lord's, [26:15-29:05] Dunbar talks about the disadvantages of living close to Lord's, Sheila Dunbar's charity work and her determination to support her husband with his work, and the friends she gained as a result of the work, [29:05-30:45] Dunbar talks about working at Lord's during the winter and being able to spend more time with her husband at weekends, [30:45-33:30] Dunbar talks about the changes in cricket, and at Lord's since her husband retired from MCC, [33:30-41:37] Dunbar talks about what her husband would have thought of Lord's if he was still alive, and his collection of photographs that he received permission from Sport & General to take around Lord's.
Side 1: [0:00-8:30] Dunbar talks about her husband's work as Secretary of the National Cricket Association (NCA), and the challenges faced by J G Dunbar during his work, including the problems with playing cricket in schools, and J G Dunbar's research into artificial wickets during his work for NCA, [8:30-11:10] Dunbar talks about the challenges her husband faced in getting more young children interested in playing cricket, and attempting to use matting wickets and floodlights at Lord's, [11:10-18:50] Dunbar talks about moving to Lord's from Putney for her husband's job, and her son enjoying living close to Lord's, and being asked by her husband to interpret cricket to a French nun, her memories of being at Lord's on matchdays and non-matchdays, and how she felt her husband would feel about recent changes to the ground, [18:50-26:32] Moorhouse and Dunbar talk about changes to the Nursery area of Lord's (G & H Stands), the individuality of the stands at Lord's and the benches at Lord's, and her favourite views of the ground.
