Paul Harris and Robert Brown have been friends since grade school. They both were caddies at the Bonnie Brae Golf Course (now Revolution Park Golf Course) in the 1950s. Mr. Harris was born in 1942 in Mecklenburg County. He has been a resident of Southside Park ever since he can remember. Although he was not a resident of Revolution Park, he says he “grew up” on the 6th hole (at that time it was part of Southside Park). Mr. Brown was born in Chester, South Carolina in 1940. At a young age, his family moved to Charlotte where he lived in Brookhills and later moved to Southside Park (after the building of I-77). The two friends crossed paths in elementary school located on York Rd. Here they were a part of the Caddy’s Club, a club that allowed young men to caddy for the Bonnie Brae Golf Course during school hours to earn a little money for their families. These two men make an important contribution to this project because they give insight to what it was like at the golf course and how that differed from outside the clubhouse.
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Karen Flint
Director of Public History
Office: Garinger 204
E-mail: kflint@uncc.edu
Telephone: 704.687.3987
Director of Public History
Office: Garinger 204
E-mail: kflint@uncc.edu
Telephone: 704.687.3987