{"id":6497,"date":"2024-03-27T22:21:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T22:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/?p=6497"},"modified":"2024-03-27T22:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T22:23:00","slug":"lydney-golf-club-late-1920s-and-c-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/lydney-golf-club-late-1920s-and-c-1937\/","title":{"rendered":"Lydney Golf Club late 1920&#8217;s and c. 1937"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are a couple more photos of Lydney people, this time members of the golf club.<br>The sepia-toned photo is probably late 1920s. I am intrigued by the little flags the ladies seem to have stuck in their hats.<br>The black and white photos are from around 1937. I&#8217;ve added a zoomed-in version of the clearer of the two, in case it helps with identification.<br>I don&#8217;t know Lydney at all: does the club house in the background still exist? <br>Do you have any recent photos of the golf course and club house?<\/p>\n<cite>Alathea Anderssohn<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a1ef7e331254&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a1ef7e331254\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"628\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/038B-Lydney-golf-club-1050x628.jpg\" alt=\"A phot of Lydney Golf Club, members and clubhouse.\" class=\"wp-image-6496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/038B-Lydney-golf-club-1050x628.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/038B-Lydney-golf-club-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/038B-Lydney-golf-club-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/038B-Lydney-golf-club.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1937 &#8211; Photo 2. Click the image to enlarge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a1ef7e33177f&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a1ef7e33177f\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"788\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/002B-Lydney-Golf-Club-close-up-1050x788.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of people at Lydney Golf Club around 1937\" class=\"wp-image-6495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/002B-Lydney-Golf-Club-close-up-1050x788.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/002B-Lydney-Golf-Club-close-up-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/002B-Lydney-Golf-Club-close-up-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/002B-Lydney-Golf-Club-close-up.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1937 &#8211; Photo 3. Click the image to enlarge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three old photos of Lydney Golf Club and members from the late 1920&#8217;s and 1937.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-6497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lydney","tag-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6497"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6499,"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6497\/revisions\/6499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}