86 Miller Street, Glasgow. G1 1DT. Tel: 01412211568.
Zutz.. 1991.
Now called Fixx II.
86 Miller Street, Glasgow. G1 1DT. Tel: 01412211568.
Zutz.. 1991.
Now called Fixx II.
500-516 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.
Zanzi Bar. 1990.
This once famous nightclub was known as the Locarno, it then became Tiffany’s reverted back to Locarno then Zanzibar. It is now a casino. 2012.
Zanzibar advert 1984.
1 Chapel Street, Rutherglen.
Ye Olde Inn with the licensees’ name above the door, “Brennan.”
Ye Olde Inn had an established date of 1650. Before television and radio customers at the old Inn told stories and tales that were passed down to the next generation of locals, one such story was that Ye Olde Inn had witnessed on May, 1679, when armed horsemen rode into the town and fixed to the cross a Declaration and Testimony of the true Presbyterian Church, an act of revolt which led to the bloody battles of Drumclog and Bothwell Brig.
Another story that was told within the thick brick walls of Ye Olde Inn, was a gentleman called James Philipshill a cooper, who in 1668 was banned by the Magistrates from all brewers and sellers of drink in the Burgh. A prohibitory order to this effect was issued with the humane proviso, and the very obvious loophole for abuse, that his wife and bairns might buy drink for the use of house and family. the penalty for serving Philipshill with drink was £5.
The Inn was once both tavern and dairy with its own cow. Thus a demand for a pint and a pint could conveniently cover both domestic and personal requirements.
That famous old Rutherglen custom of baking sour cakes on St Luke’s eve is almost sure to have been observed in Ye Olde Inn. The tradition demanded the services of six elderly ladies who prepared the cakes and passed them to their Queen for toasting. The cakes distributed to passer-by.
For many years Rutherglen Main Street was where you could buy and trade Clydesdale horses, on market day. Rutherglen fair was another important event in the burgh, this holding of street fairs came to an end as increasing traffic put a stop to it.
Over the years many families have traded in Ye Olde Inn, in the 1870s the inn was called The OddFellows Arms Inn, it then had an established date of 1836 ,over the years this date seems to have got older by nearly 200 years. The occupier of the old premises was grocer Thomson, he kept a badger, later the old establishment was passed to the Mr Shearer, he was a contractor and lived in the premises. In 1879 John McDonald took over as licensee, thirteen years later the inn was combined with the Glendronach Distillery Stores.
Ye Olde Inn. 1948.
In the late part of the 1890s Patrick Brennan was landlord and licensee and afterwards Mr F J Doran. The licence was transferred to the Murray family which was still in the same family circle. Mrs Mary Murray worked in the bar when she was 18 years of age, she and her husband then ran the pub until it was demolished in the 1960s.
Four large whisky barrels of early vintage used to sit on the gantry, apart from this there were nothing of historic interest left inside the bar apart from the large wooden table that sat in one of the parlour’s, it must have been made inside the old inn as it was to big and bulky to fit through the windows or any of the doors of the premises. A mystery that baffled customers and residents of Rutherglen for many many years.
A new pub was found for the Murray family which still stands today and called the Fairway.
Ye Olde Inn with a drummer standing outside.
Date and source unknown.
Do you remember this old Pub? If so please leave a comment.
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Manager of Wyper’s Bar, 55 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.
Mr George Thomson, Wyper’s Bar. 1893.
Mr George Thomson was born in Bellshill, where he first got a job as a grocer, to which trade he served his time. In 1878 he joined the staff of Mr John Waugh, Wine Merchant, 358 Argyle Street. Staying here for eighteen months, but born and bred in Bellshill, one of the finest mining districts in Scotland, he turned his attention to the study of mining engineering. He mastered this subject and found employment with Young’s Paraffin Light and Oil Company, where his practical knowledge of shale mining stood him in good stead. After being in less responsible situations, he finally undertook the management of Mr Wyper’s establishment, a position he held to the satisfaction of his employer and a credit he was.
Mr Thomson was a volunteer, a crack shot, found of dogs and was an excellent swimmer, he also took a keen interest in football and all out-door sports.
Wyper’s Bars was founded by John Wyper in the 1840s. His early public houses were in the east end of the city at Gallowgate, Wyper’s was a well known pub at 498 Gallowgate and 514 Gallowgate, many will still remember this old pub as the Market Bar or the Enterprise, he had another pub on the Gallowgate at no 588a, this old pub will be remembered as the Club Bar.
John Wyper went into partnership with his son James Wyper and traded under the name of John Wyper & Son. Between them they had some of the best run pubs in the city including 48 Dale Street at the corner of Reid Street, 39 Shuttle Street, 64 Main Street, Bridgeton, 104 Dalmarnock Road, 121 London Road, 514 Gallowgate at the corner of East Market Street, 588a Gallowgate at the corner of Henrietta Street and 55 Sauchiehall Street at the corner of Sauchiehall Lane, which he took over in 1886.
Mr Wyper also went into partnership with John Dawson wine and Spirit Merchants, having premises at 218 Duke Street, 653 Gallowgate (Bellfield Bar) and 50 Main Street, Calton. James Wyper’s son John Strang Wyper became a partner with his father when the founder John Wyper died.
John S Wyper became trustee of the late Mrs Elsbeth Dawson’s estate who owned the pubs as Wyper and Dawson, this was in 1920, between John and his father James they had interests in six public houses, 2 in Gallowgate, 1 in London Road, 1 in Market Street, 1 in Dale Street and 1 in Sauchiehall Street. They were partners in business from Military Service. In 1920 James Wyper gave his son increased responsibility and had three public house licence’s transfered in his name. James Wyper was devoted Glasgow Wine and Spirit Merchant, his interests in the trade were increased from Vice president to President of the Scottish Defence Association and Managing Committee and a director of the Glasgow Defence Association.
Two years later Mr James Wyper passed away, leaving his son John S Wyper to run the business on his own. Year after year the pubs were sold on, as some of the pubs were taken over by trustee’s, Mr Beddie was trustee of the Sauchiehall Street business. The manager of the Sauchiehall Street premises Mr William P Halliday bought this pub while other manager’s took over the other pubs. During the 1920s the business was totally transformed, this was not just because of the death of James Wyper, the First World War also had a part in these hard times, so much that in the 1930s, there was no Wyper’s left trading in Glasgow.
To read more on the pubs on the Gallowgate read up & Doon the Gallowgate by John Gorevan. A copy can be bought for a few pounds at the Hielan Jessie on the Gallowgate or contact me at john@oldglasgowpubs.co.uk
814 Govan Road corner of 2-4 Water Row, Glasgow.
Windsor Lounge, Water Row, Govan. 1963.
The Windsor Lounge sat at the corner of Water Row and Govan Road. In 1880 William Robin was proprietor of this old public house, he also ran another establishment at 62-64 Thistle Street, Gorbals in the south side of the city, he live at 12 Sandyford Street. William was a well-known Spirit Merchant in the Licensed Trade in Govan and Glasgow as Govan was then not part of the City. After the First World War Mr Robin was paying an annul rent of £100 for the pub in Water Row, he continued to run the pub well into the 1900s.
During the 1930s a Mr A Philip was landlord, he served the locals here for many years and some will still remember him as he was still the licensee until the 1960s, the pub was demolished around 1963.
342 Cumberland Street corner of 2 Naburn Street, Gorbals. S.S.
The Windsor Bar with a hole in the ceiling. 1960.
In 1960 Raiders dropped in on a Glasgow Public House…
The pub was the Windsor Bar at the corner of Cumberland Street and Naburn Street, Gorbals.
The raiders, who dropped in through a hole in the roof, escaped with 16 bottles of whisky, five bottles of rum, 2000 cigarettes, and about £10. They got in by climbing into a loft in a near-by close in Cumberland Street and making their way to an empty house above the pub.
HOLE IN ROOF…
The bottles of whisky and rum and the cigarettes were stolen from the gantry and the cash from the till. A detective constable followed the route taken by the intruders from the close through the loft, to the hole they had made in the public house roof.
The discovery of the break-in was made by barmen when they arrived to start work. They phoned the police.
There has been a pub on this site since 1879. William Paton a wine and spirit merchant took over and continued to serve the locals until 1884.
John Anderson then took over followed by Robert Anderson a relative of John’s probably his son. The Anderson family continued in the pub until 1950. William Hutchison took over in 1951 until the pub was demolished in the 1970s.
This old pub must have been very successful as there were only a few different families that held certificates for this local.
Do you remember this old pub, if so please get in touch.