THE MIDDLE PERIOD


PLATE 17 The New Clubhouse being built in 1937.


Courtesy of Evening World


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All the difficulties associated with the old Clubhouse and Course disappeared.


Long Ashton Golf Club now had a new Clubhouse with good access, unlimited parking, good views and two starting points in the middle of the course. It is not surprising that membership increased rapidly and many old Long Ashton members returned to the Club. Plate 17 is a reproduction of a photograph published initially in the Evening World (21.10.37) which shows the Clubhouse in the early stages of construction. Te new Clubhouse was opened officially by Sir Francis Cowlin on 2nd May


1938 and the Club Captain, Sydney Clifford, presided at the opening ceremony. Both were later elected Honorary Life Members in recognition of their great contribution to the Club. While the new Clubhouse was being built the Committee called in Messrs


Hawtry and Taylor the well known Golf Course Architects to advise on the reconstruction of the course. J.H. Taylor, the legendary winner of the Open in 1894. and 95, visited Long Ashton and walked the Course with the Head Greenkeeper (Walt Tyrell). Fig 3 shows that they abandoned the old first hole and redesigned the present 16th and 17th holes. In addition, it can be seen that they also extended several other holes and the renumbered them. Tis layout has remained virtually unchanged from 1938 to the present time, although the minor changes recommended for the 12th green and the shape of the 14th and 15th were never carried out. In 1938/39 membership had risen to 351-256 men, 75 ladies and 7 juniors


plus a few Honorary Life and non-playing Members. One of our members, Mr R.E. Witherspoon, was appointed as the first full-time Club Secretary at a salary of £200 per annum. Previously all the secretarial work had been carried out by one and on occasions two Honorary Secretaries. (See Chapter 9). In September 1939, aſter the outbreak of the Second World War, it was agreed that those members called up for military service would retain their membership


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