Charles Wallace was only four months away from his 80th birthday when he died. He had been born on 15 December 1870 in Lundin Mill. His father had been a pressman at Largo Oil and Cake Mill (ie he operated the press which extracts oil from seeds). The youngest of five siblings, Charles had lived at Emsdorf Cottage and had become a tailor by the age of 20. He married Mary Johnstone in 1899 and they lived in Glasgow where Charles continued his career as a tailor and clothier, becoming an employer there. Eventually, the Wallaces would be drawn back to Lundin Links and latterly they lived at Amherst, Emsdorf Road.
Lundin Golf Course is well-known for lots of reasons - for being designed by James Braid, for being a qualifying course to the Open when held in St Andrews and for its long history. It was also notable for a long time for having a railway line running through it. This was an unlikely hazard for players to have to negotiate but its presence would lead to another peculiarity. In 1950 a player would be killed by a train during a game. This sad incident occurred on the morning of 21 August. A group of three friends had completed the fifth hole and the unfortunate Mr Charles Wallace was walking ahead of his two companions to the sixth tee when he was struck by a light engine which he had failed to see or hear approaching. Charles Wallace was only four months away from his 80th birthday when he died. He had been born on 15 December 1870 in Lundin Mill. His father had been a pressman at Largo Oil and Cake Mill (ie he operated the press which extracts oil from seeds). The youngest of five siblings, Charles had lived at Emsdorf Cottage and had become a tailor by the age of 20. He married Mary Johnstone in 1899 and they lived in Glasgow where Charles continued his career as a tailor and clothier, becoming an employer there. Eventually, the Wallaces would be drawn back to Lundin Links and latterly they lived at Amherst, Emsdorf Road. Here is a link to a recent film made by CNN about Lundin golf course. This is an excerpt from a programme screened last summer and which focusses in particular on this unusual fatality - click here to view.
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