THE HOME OF GOLF IN THE ROARING TWENTIES
24th May 2010
 ANYONE keen to know more about St Andrews' past can explore a period when huge changes were taking place in the Home of Golf – the 1920s – thanks to a new exhibition starting this month.
The St Andrews Preservation Trust Museum’s summer exhibition: ‘Step into the Roaring Twenties: Discover St Andrews in the 1920s’ runs from May 29 until October 3.
The 1920s is known as the age of Jazz music, the ‘Flapper’ dress, wireless radio, telephones, the motor car and ‘talkies.’ The exhibition will recreate the atmosphere of that exhilarating decade through a kaleidoscope of objects and photographs. Pictured here is a group of Pierrots 'Ian McLean's Entertainers' from the Beach Pavilion in 1929.
But inevitably, there was much more to the 1920s than the Charleston, and the North Street museum's exhibition reveals that it was a time of great social and architectural change for St Andrews.
The 1920s witnessed the unveiling of the War Memorial; the initiation of a new house-building programme by St Andrews Town Council; the installation of Rudyard Kipling as University Rector; revival of the Kate Kennedy Procession; and the building of the Younger Hall. The period also saw the further decline of the fishing industry in St Andrews and the dispersal of the fisher community.
The exhibition is open daily, between 2 p.m., and 5 p.m. For further details, please contact the Curator, Claire Robinson, on 01334 477 629.
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