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Crook Golf Club, Mown Meadows Course. (1914 - 16)
Brief appearance of an earlier Golf Club at Crook prior to WWI.
The current club was established in 1919.
Reports on the annual meeting in February 1914.
Newcastle Journal Wednesday 25 February 1914. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. scotland1
From the Durham County Advertiser Friday 27 February 1914 – “Crook Golf Club – At the annual meeting of the Crook Golf Club it was stated that the Mown Meadows Estate had been acquired for the purposes of a golf course for Crook. The election of officers was as follows; President, Mr Wm. Pallister; Treasurer, L C Ward; Secretary, J Tullochson; Committee; Messrs., G Lax, W E Ayton, S A Mettick, W L Powell, Dr W Mackay, Mr Schwarts and Dr Steel; Captain, F W Manson. Mr J R Hodgson was elected an honorary member. There will be no Sunday play.”
Reports on the first annual meeting in 1915.
Durham County Advertiser Friday 29 January 1915. Content provided by THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Durham County Advertiser Friday 5 February 1915. Content provided by THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Earlier club closes in 1916.
North Star (Darlington) Friday 13 October 1916. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Ordnance Survey Map from the time of WWI showing the Mown Meadows area.
O.S. Map Revised 1916 – 1919; © Crown Copyright (year of publication 1924).