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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.

 

Mote Mount Golf Club, London. 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.

 

Mote Mount Golf Club, London. Report on the accident on opening day in October 1928.

Newcastle Journal Monday 22 October 1928. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

 

Mote Mount Golf Club, London. Pictures of the accident on opening day in October 1928.

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.

 

Mote Mount Golf Club, London. Official opening of the course in October 1928.

 

Mote Mount Golf Club, London. Official opening of the 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.

 

Mote Mount Golf Club, London. Article from The Sketch November 1928.

From The Sketch Wednesday 28 November 1928. Image © Illustrated London News Group. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

 

Mote Mount Golf Club, London. Interesting spectators on the Mote Mount golf course.

Additional hazards on the Mote Mount Course in the early 1930s.

 

Mote Mount Golf Club, London. The Mote Mount Golf Course marked on the 1935 O.S map.

The "Mote Mount Golf Course" marked on the above map. Reproduced from the {1935} O.S Map.

 

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.

 

Mote Mount Golf Club, London. Article from The Bystander in October 1937.

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.