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Haltwhistle Golf Club, Birchfieldgate Farm. (1924 - WW2)
The club and course opened in 1924.
The nine-hole course at Bridgegate Farm was formally opened by the popular actress, Miss Violet Loraine (Mrs E R Joicey.) who drove the first ball.
Colonel Edward Joicey tees up the ball for his wife to hit the opening shot.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle Thursday 8 May 1924. Images © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle Friday 15 May 1925. Images © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Newcastle Journal Friday 1 April 1927. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Newcastle Journal Saturday 10 November 1928. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
From the 1928 Golfer's Handbook; Haltwhistle Golf Club; Membership 98; Secretary - J Keen, Hill Crest, Haltwhistle; Green-keeper, C Paisley; 9-holes; Visitors, 1s/6d a day, 6s a week; No Sunday Play.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle Tuesday 14 April 1931. Images © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
From the Golfer's Handbook 1933 to 1937;Membership 95; Secretary - J Keen, Hill Crest, Haltwhistle; Green-keepers, W Turnbull and T Jarvie; 9-holes; Visitors, 1s/6d a day, 6s a week; No Sunday Play.
The club did not appear following WW2.
Ordnance Survey Map from the 1920s showing Birchfieldgate Farm.
O.S. Map Revised 1920; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1926}.