Tyne and Wear HER(16860): Gosforth, The Bridlepath, Gosforth Golf Club - Details
16860
Newcastle
Gosforth, The Bridlepath, Gosforth Golf Club
Gosforth
NZ26NW
Recreational
Sports Site
Golf Club
Modern
C20
Structure
Formed in 1905. The Bridlepath course opened in 1906. Its first clubhouse was a wooden hut bought for £40 from the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company. In 1909 a ladies pavilion was added. In 1912 the club's vice president and City Surveyor, FH Holford was asked to design a larger clubhouse. It cost £1200. Male members were asked to pay an annual levy of one guinea for five years, female members, half a guinea. In July 1913 within weeks of the clubhouse's opening, an unexploded bomb was found nearby. The culprits were thought to be suffragettes from the Women's Social and Political Union, who had been attacking male dominated sports clubs. Holford's pavilion has been altered and extended. Trees have been planted which has created a peaceful countryside setting for the course.
2495
6913
NZ24956913
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 52, 60