Sandwich People & History: Ian Fleming
Royal St. Georges Clubhouse - around 1920
Royal St. Georges Clubhouse today
In the 1950's and 60's Ian Fleming had a house in nearby St. Margaret's Bay, but he was a member of Royal St. George's Golf Club at Sandwich Bay and started playing there before the 2nd World War.
There are scenes in Goldfinger that are set in this area - notably the golf match between James Bond and Goldfinger - which is set at a club based on Royal St. George's.
Mr. Fleming was about to become the Captain of St. George's when he died of a heart attack in 1964.
Unfortunately we have not been able to find an image of Ian Fleming that does not require some kind of payment from us - so apologies - you will have to make do with photos of Royal St. George's Clubhouse!
See some photos from 2003 showing preparations for the Open in 2003
Royal St. Georges will host the British Open Golf Championship in 2011.
Click here for details and information of many golf courses close to Sandwich.
Information from the Sandwich History Society publications & archives - Photographs of St. George's Clubhouse 1920, published by kind permission of Mr. C. Wanastrocht and the Sandwich History Society - Photo of present day club house - on this page from www.geograph.org.uk - copyright Nick Smith under the Creative Commons License
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