Hey there! How's your day going? Looks as though you're ready for a mugful of coffee and a virtual English scone, slathered with butter and double clotted cream, what? Thanks to Anthony in Manchester for sharing these 1940 golfing rules. I was a mere glint in my dad's eye at the time, of course...Fore!
And, some of you thought you were tough weather golfers. The notice below was posted adjusting rules at a golf club in Britain. You have to admit --- these guys really had to like the game to play!
German aircraft from Norway would fly on missions to attack northern England. Because of the icy weather conditions, the barrels of their guns had a small dab of wax in the muzzle to protect them from clogging with ice. In addition to attacking industrial or other targets close to golf courses, as they crossed the coast, they would clear their guns by firing a few rounds at the golf courses. Golfers were urged to take cover.
In 1940, an English golf club wrote rules explaining proper conduct should Nazi bombs suddenly fall.
This is purely wonderful -- and says more than anything else I have ever seen about why Hitler lost the Battle of Britain !
See ya, eh!
Bob
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