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Records of the Union Club, Seaford
Catalogue reference: AMS6594
What’s it about?
This record is about the Records of the Union Club, Seaford dating from 1900-2001.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AMS6594
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Title (The name of the record)
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Records of the Union Club, Seaford
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Date (When the record was created)
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1900-2001
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Description (What the record is about)
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Summary of contents
AMS6594/1 Minutes of committee meetings; 1901-1996
AMS6594/2 Agendas, reports and papers; 1987-1992
AMS6594/3 Papers concerning annual general meetings; 1972/73 - 1993/94
AMS6594/4 Balance sheets; 1900/01 - 1938/39
AMS6594/5 Club rules and regulations; nd, c1913 - 1991
AMS6594/6 Club histories; 1981-2001
AMS6594/7 Membership registers; [1972] - 1985
AMS6594/8 Files; 1910-1983
AMS6594/9 Other records; 1908-nd, c1990
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>For histories of the club, see AMS6594/6/1-2 below. For a file relating to Seaford UDC's purchase of the Seaford Head Golf Course and club house, and associated papers, 1927-1946, see USE/C2/20; for a file of correspondence and papers in the case Seaford Head UDC v H S Home, the lessee of the golf club house, for arrears of rent, 1950-1955, see USE/C2/130; for the deeds of the western part of the Seaford Head Estate, which include references to the golf course, [1897] - 1926, see ACC1937</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- East Sussex Record Office
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Union Club, Seaford</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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9 Series
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Records are open for consultation
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Deposited 5 Sep 2001 (ACC 8411)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Union Club was founded in 1901 as a social club for members of Seaford Golf Club, which had been established in 1887. The golf club was then based on the present Seaford Head course; the clubhouse was a wooden construction and offered only very basic facilities. The Union Club was founded as a non-political organisation to cater for the social needs of the golf players, many of whom lived in London and visited Seaford at weekends
The Union Club initially rented Bay House, Seaford. Although formed primarily to serve the needs of golfers, the first non-golf members were elected in 1904. The association with golf became less pronounced after the Seaford Golf Club moved to East Blatchington, where a club-house with good social facilities was opened on 5 September 1907. The Union Club moved to Bay View, Pelham Road, Seaford, in 1908, and attempts were made to improve its facilities, in order to attract golf club members at times when the course was not open
Ties with Seaford Golf Club continued to lessen. In 1913 the Union Club committee agreed to propose that in future all candidates for membership should be proposed and seconded by Union Club members; formerly golf club members were accepted automatically on application
The club moved to its present premises at Stafford House, Stafford Road, Seaford, in 1928
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/1c90cc50-347c-47bb-ba52-4036798f3ee4/
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Records of the Union Club, Seaford