20 Candleriggs, Glasgow. G1 1LD.
McCool’s. 1991.
Now known as the Merchant Pride.
The Pot Still
154 Hope Street, Glasgow. G2 2TH. Tel: 01413330908.
The Pot Still. 1991.
Glasgow born William McCall owned these premises away back in 1868. William died at an early age and left his wife Janet as licence holder and son James to run this popular city center bar. In the 1880s Janet was living with her son James daughter Isabella and young William in Renfrew Street, they were fortunate enough to have help around the house from domestic servant Janet Currie.
Mrs McCall and her son James opened another pub in Govan Road in the 1890s and disposed of it later on. McCall’s bar on Hope Street sits on the corner of West Regent Lane, the pub was left to Alexander S Clelland as trustee of the McCall family during the 1930s. Mr Clelland also ran the Hayburn Vaults on Dumbarton Road at this time. Trustee’s of the family ran McCall’s Bar right up until the late 1960s, the last family member to hold the certificate was Mrs Isobel J L McCall Williams.
McCall’s Bar shortly after alterations in 1971.
The pub was sold to Tennent Caledonian Breweries who made extensive alterations and refurbished the pub which included a lounge bar at the back of the premises in 1971. Manager and manageress Mr & Mrs John Norton ran McCall’s for a few years until 1973 when William McClure took over the running of the bar.
In 1981 John Waterston took over and made alterations to the pub and introduced the name Pot Still, with a vast range of over 300 malt whiskies. The Waterston family are still involved in the Scottish Licensed Trade today. With this amount of scotch whisky to choose from many travellers came as far as London to have a nip of one of the best whisky bars in the city of Glasgow. Americans, Japanese, Swedes and Canadians are just a few of the nationalities to be found at the bar counter.
Another view of McCall’s Bar.
The pub had a name change to Cask & Still but was renamed back to The Pot Still.
Today over 500 whiskies from all over the country are stocked in this still famous whisky bar in Glasgow, good home made food is also available at lunch time at very reasonable prices. This is a must for all whisky lovers.
Manager and Manageress Mr & Mrs John Norton. 1971.
Interior view of the Pot Still. 1980s.
Pot Still. 2007.
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The owners took over a pub across the road and called it the Cask and Still.
Maxwell’s
1041 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow. G41 3YF.Tel: 01416321100.
Maxwell’s. 1991.
Now called Faze 2.
Now part of the Corona Bar.
Matt M Duff
81 Glassford Street, Glasgow.
Matthew Maxwell Duff took this pub over from John Howieson in 1916.
However there has been licensed premises on this site since 1844, John Aitchison & Co, Edinburgh Ale Brewers, traded from here, also having premises in Jamaica Street, Oxford Street, Saltmarket and Cowcaddens. From 1853 to 55 James Pagan an Ale Agent was licensee.
James Riddel took over the premises in 1856 and traded here for almost 50 years.
John T Howieson took over the licence in 1912, he work as a barman for Archibald Carruth, Queen Street, but Mr Carruth found it increasingly difficult with so many pub in the area. His barman John Howieson went into partnership with him trading under the title of Carruth & Howieson. Mr Carruth sold the business to partner Mr Howieson in 1900.
John Thomson Howieson was born in 1869, on leaving school he was sent to learn the trade as a plumber. On his first day he was requested to clean out the toilets, he decided this was not for him and never returned, instead he entered into the services of the licensed trade as barman in Queen Street with Mr Carruth.
John marry a Rutherglen lass on 25th February 1890, he married 19 year old Agnes Killin, a power loom weaver who was then, like John, living in Rutherglen. John took over the Queen Street business in 1900 and renamed the premises The Crammond Bar after his favourite place near Edinburgh – the village of Crammond. Mr Howieson was not simply a publican he was a spirit merchant which meant he blended his own whisky, John Howieson’s special blend of old Scotch whisky was a favourite in the Crammond Bar for years.
Mr Howieson took over the private bar in the Trades House, Glassford Street. He kept his accounts as meticulously as he blended his whisky. Many years after his death, his granddaughter, Effie, began work in the Clydesdale Bank in Glasgow. There she was told about “this publican who kept the most perfect books”. It was her grandfather they were talking about. John, with his waxed moustache, was said to be “crabbit” (bad-tempered) – due perhaps to stress. He had a breakdown with the worry of paying back the loan on the Trades house bar.
He started drinking, and died of gastric neoplasm at the age of 57, on 8th June, 1926, at 15 Dunard Road, Rutherglen. He left £6000, a considerable sum at that time, enough to buy 12 houses. His wife Agnes took over the pubs for a year, but she made no money, due perhaps to the dishonesty of employees.
The photograph above was taken in 1929, the pub closed shortly afterwards.
Partick Tavern
163-169 Dumbarton Road, Partick, Glasgow. G11 6AA. Tel: 01413397571.
Partick Tavern. 1991.
This very old Patrick local had original art deco windows which have now been taken out.
For many years this pub was owned by the McDougall family. In Victorian times westenders flocked here to sample McDougall’s Partick Castle blend of Old Scotch Whisky which you could get for 10d per gill.
For many years this old pub was known as the Masonic Arms.
The Masonic Bar.
Licence Holders.
1991 Graham Storrie for Allied Breweries.
1972 Alexander Leslie Williams.
1919-1910 George Hugh McDougall.
1899 Agnes Toll McDougall.
The Marquis
1082 Shettleston Road,Shettleston, Glasgow. G32.
Marquis Bar. 1991.
This was formerly Fergusons hardware store.
In 1971 Walter Boyle was licensee of the premises.
In 1990 Donald Hart of Hart Brothers was running this popular bar.
The Marquis, August 2005.
