Old Photograph Peter Dunvan Curator Victoria Park Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Peter Duncan the Curator in Victoria Park, Glasgow, Scotland. Victoria Park is set in western Glasgow, adjacent to the districts of Scotstoun, Whiteinch, Jordanhill and Broomhill. The park was created and named for Queen Victoria's jubilee in 1886. The main entrances to the park are from Westland Drive, Victoria Park Drive North, and Balshagray Avenue. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Sandy Herd Old Golf Course St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Sandy Herd putting on the Old Golf Course in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Alexander " Sandy " Herd, born 24 April 1868, died 18 February 1944, was a Scottish professional golfer from St Andrews. Herd was the club professional at Huddersfield Golf Club from 1892 to 1911. In 1902, he won The Open Championship at Hoylake. When he was 71. He died in London, England. Herd's brother Fred won the 1898 U.S. Open.





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Old Photograph James Braid Scotland

Old photograph of James Braid on the golf course in Kirriemuir, Scotland. James, born 6 February 1870 in in Earlsferry,, East Neuk of Fife, died, 27 November 1950. was a Scottish professional golfer and a member of the Great Triumvirate of the sport alongside Harry Vardon and John Henry Taylor. He won The Open Championship five times. He also was a renowned golf course architect. Braid designed over 200 courses including the following:

Herefordshire Golf Club, Raven's Causeway, Herefordshire 1896
Finchley Golf Club
Theydon Bois Golf Club Epping Essex 1897
Alloa Golf Club, Alloa
Belleisle Golf Club, Alloway, Ayr
Budock Vean Golf Club, Falmouth, Cornwall, England
Colchester Golf Club, Colchester,
Kirkistown Castle Links, Cloughey, County Down, Northern Ireland
Kirriemuir Golf Club, Kirriemuir,
Porthmadog Golf Club, Morfa Bychan, North Wales
Ludlow Golf Club, Shropshire
The Musselburgh Golf Club, Musselburgh, East Lothian
Newton Green Golf Club, Sudbury, Suffolk
Perranporth Golf Club, Perranporth, Cornwall
Royal Blackheath Golf Club
Saint Enodoc Golf Club, Wadebridge, Cornwall
St Austell Golf Club, St Austell, Cornwall
Stranraer Golf Club, Stranraer
Tiverton Golf Club, Tiverton
Verulam Golf Club, St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Charnwood Forest Golf Club, Leicestershire*
King's and Queen's Course, Gleneagles Golf Club. Perthshire
Erskine Golf Club, Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Howth Golf Club, Howth, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Howth, Howth Golf Club, Co.Dublin, Dublin, Ireland



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Old Photograph Edward VIII Prince Of Wales Old Golf Course St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Edward VIII Prince Of Wales driving on the 1st Tee on the Old Golf Course in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; born 23 June 1894, died 28 May 1972, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December 1936. Edward was the eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary. He was created Prince of Wales on his sixteenth birthday, nine weeks after his father succeeded his own father, Edward VII, as king. As a young man, he served in the British Armed Forces during the First World War and undertook several overseas tours on behalf of his father. At the Club’s General Meeting on 2 May 1922, it was announced that His Royal Highness Edward, Prince of Wales, had accepted the invitation to become Captain of the The Royal and Ancient Golf Club.



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Old Photograph Second Hole Old Golf Course St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old photograph of golfers putting on the green of the second hole on the Old Golf Course in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.





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