Homes & Antiques

Links to the past

Recalling how he first became interested in antiques, Jonny Williamson mentions his family's connections with the game ef golf. ‘One of my ancestors. Jack Simpson, won the Open at Prestwick in 1884, and subsequently my family founded Simpsons of Carnoustie, the second oldest golf shop in the world, which remained in the family until the mid 1980s,’ says Jonny. ‘The game itself was never of interest to me, but I appreciated the history and the skill required to make good clubs. Growing up in Carnoustie,

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