This very sharp photograph of the Lundin Golf Club House is another from the collection of images from the George Washington Wilson & Co. collection held by the University of Aberdeen, which is viewable on-line at this link:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/gww/index.htm
Thanks to University of Aberdeen for permission to share the image.
Photo © University of Aberdeen / Special Collections Centre
The photo is entitled "Golf House, Lundin Links" (ref: GB 0231 MS 3792/C2323) and it is from a glass plate negative registered on 11 August 1899 by James Ewing. The detailed catalogue description notes that there are "players and caddies" congregated in the club house doorway but under close inspection this looks to me like a group of children, four boys on each side of the entrance (see detail image below). They may well have acted as caddies I suppose.
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/gww/index.htm
Thanks to University of Aberdeen for permission to share the image.
Photo © University of Aberdeen / Special Collections Centre
The photo is entitled "Golf House, Lundin Links" (ref: GB 0231 MS 3792/C2323) and it is from a glass plate negative registered on 11 August 1899 by James Ewing. The detailed catalogue description notes that there are "players and caddies" congregated in the club house doorway but under close inspection this looks to me like a group of children, four boys on each side of the entrance (see detail image below). They may well have acted as caddies I suppose.
Another key point of interest in the main photograph is the little shop located behind the club house to the left. The name above the door is Alex. Patrick. He was one of a family of golf club makers, which began when Alex's father John Patrick made the switch from cabinetmaker to golf club maker in Leven in the mid-19th century. When John died suddenly in a cholera outbreak in 1866, Alex inherited the business and his brothers David , John and Nicol also went into club making. Both Alex and David had a spell serving as golf professional at the Royal Wimbledon Golf Club in London before both returned to Fife to continue club making. Alex was primarily based in Leven but had this offshoot shop in Lundin Links for a time. His brother David had a longer association with Lundin Links - living in the village and running his workshop and shop in Golf Road for many years. Alex died in 1932 aged 86, and David in 1948 aged 90.
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