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Mote Mount Golf Club, London. (1924 - WW2)
The original Mote Mount course was designed by J F Abercrombie, it was reconfigured in 1931 by H S Colt.
Work on preparing the course began in 1924, the course actually opened for play in 1928.
Report on the new course in September 1928.
Daily Herald Tuesday 25 September 1928. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Accident on opening day.
Newcastle Journal Monday 22 October 1928. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Sunday Mirror 21 October 1928. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved.
The show must go on. Below are pictures of the official opening of the Mote Mount Golf Club course in October 1928.
From The Sketch Wednesday 31 October 1928. Image © Illustrated London News Group. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
In the late 1920s the address was Mote Mount Golf Club, Coventry Farm, Mill Hill, London NW7. The secretary was A D Stiles, 5 Russell Grove, Mill Hill. The professional was E McInnes and the green-keeper W J Allen. At this time the club had an 18-hole course with a membership of 250. Visitors’ fees on introduction were 2/6 a round, 5/- a day, at weekends and Bank Holiday it was 5/- a round and 10/- a day, 15/- a week, 25/- a fortnight and 35/- a month.
From The Sketch Wednesday 28 November 1928. Image © Illustrated London News Group. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Additional hazards on the Mote Mount Course in the early 1930s.
In 1935 the secretary was Capt A F Allport professional E McInnes and greenkeeper R Tickner. Course records were, amateur S J Hine 70 and professional E McInnes 65. 18-holes with another 9 under construction, club membership had increased to 500.
From The Bystander 20 October 1937. Image © Illustrated London News Group. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Above picture, top row, left to right – D V D Moss (assistant secretary); G F Home; W J Emerson; Capt. A F Allport (secretary.)
Middle – J Van Gelder; W Cole, W H McCormick, E McInnes (professional), Harry Wilmot; H D Greenlees (captain.)
Bottom – Major B B Willis (vice-captain) and Ken Allen; N B Noble, J H Henderson, J Dawson, H R Dunlop, W E D Bell, C E Hetherington, D M Galbraith; E T Chignell.
Just prior to WW2 the address was given as 100 Barnet Way, Mill Hill, London NW7. Secretary, professional and green-keeper as 1935. Now listed as having 18-holes and 9-holes with a SSS of 74 and membership of 600. Course records were, amateur C E Hetherington 68 and professional E McInnes 65. Stations at Edgware Tube 1 ½ miles, Harpenden & Dunstable Green Line Coaches passed clubhouse, leaving Victoria and Hyde Park Corner every ½ hour. Visitors fees’ were 3/6d a round.
Mote Mount Golf Club disappeared at the time of WW2. The current club, on the same site, is Mill Hill. Following the war part of the course was lost due to road development resulting in a change to the layout.
Ordnance Survey Map from the time of WW2 showing Mote Mount Golf Course.
O.S. Map Revised 1938; O.S. Map Revised 1938; © Crown Copyright {year of publication ca. 1946}.