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Holms Golf Club, Coalville, Leicestershire. (1934 - WW2)

First appeared in the mid 1930s.

Report on the new club in May 1934.

 

Holms Golf Club, Coalville. Report on the new club in May 1934.

 

Holms Golf Club, Coalville. Report on the new club in May 1934.

Leicester Evening Mail Thursday 10 May 1934. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

 

From 1938 to 1949 the secretary was F H Blunt, 99 Forrest Rd, Coalville. The professional and green-keeper was R W Simons.  A 9-hole course with a membership of 160. The SSS was 70 with a Par of 72. The professional course record was held by R W Simons with a score of 65. Visitors’ fees were 1/6 a round. Sunday Play was allowed and the club was licensed. The station at Bardon Hill was ¼ mile away.

Below resignations in July 1939.

 

Holms Golf Club, Coalville, Leicestershire. Resignations in July 1939.

From the Leicester Daily Mercury Monday 17 July 1939. Image © Trinity Mirror. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

 

Ordnance Survey Map from the time of WW2 showing Bardonhill station.

 

Holms Golf Club, Coalville. O.S. Map showing Bardonhill station at the time of WW2.

O.S Map Revised 1938; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1948}.

 

The Holms Golf Club had disappeared by 1951.

The Google Map below pinpoints the location of the former Bardon Hill railway station which was a quarter of a mile from the Holms golf course.