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THE MIDDLE PERIOD


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for the duration without further subscription. It was also agreed that officers and men on leave from active service should be given the courtesy of the course. During the early part of the war there were many resignations and the Committee


had to economise on staff. Te Chairmen of the Green and House Committees were authorised to engage or dispense with staff as they thought necessary. Subscriptions could be paid in three equal instalments to encourage members to remain and those who had recently resigned were asked to reconsider their membership and support the Club in these hard times. Sydney Clifford and Guy Blain as Chairman and Honorary Secretary respec tively


held the Club together through this difficult period and later both were elected Honorary Life Members. Te course was maintained by Walt Tyrell with some assistance from Ted Jewell, the Professional, aſter the departure of Henry Burge for work of national importance. Te Clubhouse staff were employed only part-time and were not allowed to prepare hot meals other than potatoes. During one of the air raids on Bristol in January 1941 several bombs landed on the


Golf Course. Fortunately, no golfers were injured but the new Clubhouse was damaged by two bombs which landed on the 18th fairway. One depression can still be seen 50 yards in front of the 18th green and piles of stones collected from the fairway by “Gloomy” Woodward (see Plate 16) and helpers are still evident on the edge of the wood. Te damage to the Clubhouse consisted of broken windows and doors and a claim was made by the Club to the War Commission to cover the costs of repair. Another bomb landed on the seventh semi-rough 30 yards short of the green and the depression is still obvious. A delayed-action bomb, landed in the rough ground near the 3rd winter tee and Providence Lane had to be closed while that bomb was exploded. Harold Stokes is adament that the crater on the 6th fairway was caused by a bomb but other senior golfers are not in agreement. Te American Armed Forces Golf Team visited Long Ashton in 1943 and played


a fourball match which the Americans won by 3 points. Among the visiting team were several State champions and Tommy Pearson, Bumper Strange and Ted Pugsley can be seen in our team (Plate 18). At the Annual General Meeting at the end of 1944 the General Committee was


reinstated and many familiar names were elected. Te Chairman, Sydney Clifford, recorded that subscription income had fallen from £1,520 in 1939/40 to £650 in 1943/44 a serious deficit for the Club. At the end of the War, the Club had no Professional, F.C. (Ted) Jewell


having been asked to find other employment in 1942. Members had presented him with a testimonial for fiſteen years faithful service to the Club. Charles and Ernest Whitcombe and Harry Vardon (Open Champion 1896), three leading Professionals (Vardon well-known for the Vardon interlocking grip, was giving


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