Thanks for clearing that up about the Dunbars, Jim.
I would have to agree with Dick about the the friendliness and good atmosphere at Groombridge. In the years of that club, we had two very young children and I was head of a residential special school and was on call or on duty most weekends so we did not get there as often as we would have liked.
Jim wrote:-
Isobel, as far as I know, was never asked to become a member
...nor would she have accepted if she had been asked. She and Joby fell out with Ewan before his folk scene involvement blossomed. Joby Blanchard (later a very successful television actor) was involved with Theatre Workshop from its inception in the Ewan/Joan Littlewood days. Joby and Isabel were in the first production of Oh! What A Lovely War! which brought the names of the group and its members to a much wider public.
Nevertheless, Ewan & Peggy were booked at Groombridge and I remember the evening well. E&P and J&I were all very stiff and over polite to one another, It was if an attempt was being made to patch up a huge family row. Ewan said that he enjoyed the performance that Tina and I gave of The Gardener Chiel.