Southport revisited - Southport Golf Links
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Southport revisited - Southport Golf Links
Image: © Oliver Dixon Taken: 11 Aug 2021
Back in the 1950s, there was a bar on Jewish members at all five private Golf Clubs within the Southport Borough boundary. I was appalled at this blatant example of prejudice and discrimination, and fired up with youthful idealism, told my parents so. Nevertheless it didn't stop them joining one of said clubs. The only place in town where members of the sizeable Jewish community could play golf was at the Municipal Links which were, by a stroke of good fortune, both one of the oldest and finest municipal courses in the country. I am happy to say that this appalling discrimination is no longer tolerated. I could be wrong but it looks to me as if the building which houses the administration of the course is no longer occupied. The Park Club, a members club which plays on the Municipal Course has a clubhouse next door.
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Image Location
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53.658131
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