It was inevitable that this passion for golf would spread to England and Felixstowe played an important part in this evolution of the sport. The influence of colonial interests had already seen the establishment of clubs in India, Australia and Canada. They travelled and promoted new courses as well as improving some existing venues. The 19th century saw a new impetus for golf in Scotland as the well connected with money and time indulged in the delights of playing the game. Via the Felixstowe Society we are asking to hear from anyone who would like to get involved with researching this fascinating part of Felixstowe’s history. The introduction sets the scene, but thereafter captioned photographs set out what we have and are self explanatory. It is therefore doubly important that what we have is made available to those who are interested per se and hopefully some who will want to complete the story. The area involved is being considered for development so remnant features may soon be lost. I do not pretend this booklet is anything more than an interim collection of archive material as there is scope and plenty of leads for further research. There is an excellent website run by the golf historian John Llewellyn which records details of the many golf clubs that no longer exist and Eastward Ho! is included. Felixstowe’s missing links IndexĪs an offshoot to the archive project for Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club, a good deal of information and some artefacts have been accumulated for the Eastward Ho! Golf Club that blossomed in north Felixstowe between the wars. If you would like to download the article as a PDF document you can do so by clicking here. This article has been written by Michael Thomas.
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