4 Bellshill, Uddingston, Glasgow. G71 7HE.
The Castle. 2005.
4 Bellshill, Uddingston, Glasgow. G71 7HE.
The Castle. 2005.
Hamilton Road.
Billy McNeill and Joe McBride.
In the News 1973…
A prominent Hotel in Strathaven, Lanarkshire, has been bought for an undisclosed sum by Celtic captain, Billy McNeill and two business partners.
It is the Wester Overton in Hamilton Road, which figured in a licensing wrangle until it was allowed to go “WET” as a result of a veto poll.
Name change
The new owners are Milnrow Development Company, whose directors are Mr. McNeill, chartered accountant Frank McCormack, and ex-Celtic, Hibs, and Motherwell centre forward Joe McBride.
Mr. McBride confirmed the deal and said the company would take over the Hotel on February 1. This is their first hotel venture in Lanarkshire. At present they own the Coylton and Fenwick Hotels and Tornyard licensed restaurant, all in Ayrshire. The name of the hotel is likely to be changed to the Strathaven Hotel. 1973.
In 1892 James Duncan, who ran the Continental Hotel, Stonehouse, for the past 14 years, will migrate to the Royal Hotel at Crieff.
Stonehaven ‘Debt’ Hotel to reopen
The Royal Hotel, Allardice Street, Stonehaven, is to reopen. This was announced after a meeting of the creditors of the hotel’s proprietor, Mr. Arthur J. Bond.
Mr. Ian Edwards, solicitor, Aberdeen, for the trustee appointed by the creditors, said that the trustee would reopen the hotel as soon as possible with a view to building up trade and the early sale of the hotel as a going concern.
After 20 creditors attended the private meeting at Stonehaven Sheriff Courthouse. They were told that there were debts in the region of £30,000 against Mr. Bond (44), whose present whereabouts were unknown. Mr. Bond, proprietor of the hotel since late 1967, had an order for the sequestration of his estate granted in his absence at Stonehaven Sheriff Court on January 7.
Mr. Edwards confirmed later that Mr. Bond’s whereabouts were not at present known. But he added: “He will in due course be cited to appear at a public examination before the sheriff, when he will be examined as to the circumstances leading up to bankruptcy proceedings.”
The trustee appointed by the creditors is an Aberdeen chartered accountant, Mr. W. A. H. Reid, 6 Golden Square. The creditors have also appointed a committee of three commissioners to advise him.