The Box is a major cultural and heritage attraction and archive, which opened in Plymouth’s city centre in September 2020. Its collection, formally the South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA), is the regional film archive for the South West of England, comprising the combined programme libraries of Westward Television and Television South West (TSW). It also includes a significant number of donated film collections dating back to the early 1890s.
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The Opening of the Elfordleigh Hotel Golf Course
Teeing off at the new Elfordleigh Hotel Golf Course
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Overview
The Elfordleigh Hotel was built around 1710 as a private house and is set in 100 acres of parkland. Admiral Bainbridge turned it into the Devon Greswold Hotel and it became Elfordleigh in the 1940s. The golf course is officially opened on 19 September 1932 with the first golf match played between J. H. Taylor, an ex-Open Champion and E. Hooker, a professional of Yelverton Golf Course.
John Henry Taylor was a professional English golfer and considered to be one of the pioneers of the modern game. Starting as a caddy at the Royal North Devon Golf Club he went on to turn professional at the age of 19. He was the co-founder of the British Professional Golfers’ Association. The eighteen-hole golf course was designed to accommodate golfers of all levels.
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