19/06/2026
Yesterday I was trawling through the articles and photos on the BRIDGNORTH HISTORY, MEMORIES AND INTERESTING FACTS Facebook site, when I noticed the attached reprint of an photo/article which appeared in Bridgnorth Journal in 1950.
I automatically saved it to my Bridgnorth Golf Club History File, on my PC and then when I read the words I thought, 20 years ago we had a Social Committee, which consisted of 5 members at best, and their main event was the New Years Eve Dinner Dance. On the photo were 11 members with the men in DJs and the ladies in their party frocks and they had organised a dance at The Crown Hotel, where nearly 90 attended.
Then when I looked at the names of the committee members I noticed Mrs Wetton first, which linked my mind to The Wetton Gross Trophy, recently won by Harry Morris as 2026 Club Champion. Then I compared the 11 names to our list of Past Captains and found that 7 of the 11 had been past Captains and to up to now I had never seen any photos with them on, so for me this photo reveals a lot of interesting information about our clubs past history.
For anyone interested this is a list of the Past Catains on the photo :- 1939-47 Mr F R Cottrell, 1949 Mrs F R Cottrell, 1949 Mr A G Whelan, 1950 Mr W Johnson, 1950-54 Mrs C D Wetton,11951 Mr H E D Cratchley and 1952 Mr G Davies.
If anyone reading this have old photos of Bridgnorth Golf Club or past members, I would be very pleased it they emailed me copies, preferably with descriptions. ([email protected])
