‘A proper gent‘: people share memories of cricket umpire Dickie Bird

The proud Yorkshireman is remembered as someone who knew how to hold a crowd - and a cricket match

• Legendary cricket umpire Dickie Bird dies aged 92

In 1983 I worked at the Oval, cooking lunch for 40 in the committee room. After cooking, I had to change out of my whites and into a frock to supervise the room. There were, of course, no changing facilities for women, only a small loo, so Dickie used to usher me into the umpires' room where there was a shower, and stand outside the door to make sure no one else came in. A proper gent. I paid him in puddings!
Gina Birley, London