73 Bath Street, Glasgow. G2 2DH. Tel: 0141 353 0571.
Phileas Fogg. 1991.
This great 70s bar became known as Flares.
Now Called Huggy Bears.
Other names this great pub has been known as Retrospect 2008 to 2012. Bajo 2014, Fluxx 2016, Bay Horse 2018 to 2021.
The Bay Horse, 73 Bath Street, 2020.
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49 Bell Street, Glasgow. G1 Tel:. 0141 552 3539.
Red Lizard. 2006.
Formerly known as Fiddler’s Court.
Fiddler’s Court was probably named after the worst close on nearby High Street in the early 1800s. The close was filled by the poorest people in the city, all sorts of smells reeked from this close including urine and sanitary waste. The close was swept away in the 1870s by the City Improvement Trust.
Its a wonder the owners chose such a name as this was quite a nice pub to drink in, attracting students and nearby residents of the nice flats in the Merchant City. The menu had a great choice and was very reasonably prices.
The bar had a refurbishment and is now called Locomotiv, closed in the summer of 2005, it was called the Red Lizard.
24 Brunswick Street, Glasgow. G1 1TD.
Fox & Hound. 1991.
This is one of these pubs that the City Council let fall into disrepair. It has been closed down now for some time just like the Mitre Bar a few doors away, it will soon be demolished probably to make way for some luxurious flats.
This old established pub has been here since 1861, proprietor Alexander Davidson stayed here for less than ten years. John Fraser then took over the pub, he was trading as a wholesale and retail wine & spirit merchant and had other premises in Great Eastern Road now the Gallowgate.
William Morrison an east end man ran the pub from 1884 to 1888, William also had a pub in Glassford Street.
William Reid spent 32 years in the pub he also had premises in Eglinton Street. He sold the Brunswick Street pub to well known Glasgow publican James Denholm. Denholm’s bar was gutted by fire in 1945 by a lit cigarette left on the premises after closing time.
Other names this old pub has been known as is the Angus, William Reid, Denholm’s and Fraser’s.
A view of Brunswick Street with Reid’s Bar in the background on the right.
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IN the NEWS 1979…
English Look of Glasgow Pub…
The Fox and Hound is, traditionally, the name of an English country pub, but I’ve discovered one of that name right in the middle of Glasgow.
This Fox and Hound, at Brunswick Lane, off Trongate, was opened about two weeks ago by Rossi Taverns, who also own the Ingram Bar and lounge in Queen Street.
As the name suggest, the Fox and Hound is a traditionally decorated bar lounge, with comfortable surroundings and good service. The manager of the bar lounge is Wallace Blake who has been in the licensed trade for some years. He is delighted with the way the pub has gone since it opened.
“We hope to cater for a a cross section of the public over 21 and so that that’s who we’ve been getting,” Mr Blake told me. “We’ve had a mixture of shoppers, office workers, and employees from the bank across the lane.”
The Fox and Hound does serve food until 7 p.m. included in the menu are some super crusty rolls filled with cold ham, roast beef, or salad. Hot savouries include steak and kidney pie.
“We also have specialities like Ploughmans’ Lunches and homemade country pie, or an American beefburger which comes complete with garnish, roll, and relish tray and costs only 60p,” Mr Blake said.
The directors of Rossi Taverns are Mr Alfred Rossi and Mr Peter Rossi. Peter said: “The Fox and Hound is a traditional, even English, kind of bar lounge and it’s an idea that we hope to introduce more of to Glasgow.
“At the Ingram we have a great crowd of regulars and we want to emulate that elsewhere.” The Fox and Hound, which is a free house, is open all day except between 4 and 5 p.m., Monday to Friday.
Fox and Hound advert 1979.
Another advert from 1979.
220 Buchanan Street, Glasgow.
Five Ways. 1960s.
The Five Ways was situated at the junction of Buchanan Street with Cathedral Street, Bath Street and Dundas Lane.
This old pub was opened in 1860 by James Bowie who lived in one of the flats above with his wife and family. Mr Bowie was born in Paisley where he met his wife Grace.
He took over his first pub on Great Eastern Road in 1854, this old pub will still be remembered by east enders as the Reunion Bar at Camlachie.
James Bowie and his family moved out to Buchanan Gardens, Mount Vernon with his son William living next door with his family.
The Five Ways corner of Cathedral Street and Buchanan Street.
The pub on Buchanan Street was known first as the Cosy Den before it was renamed the Five Ways. When James died his son William took over the running of the business. William was born in the Cowcaddens district in 1849, he received his education in David Street school, then Annfield Academy, Bellgrove Street then to Wilson’s Model School which occupied the site of the Andersonian College in George Street. He then finished his education at the High School, John Street. On leaving school he immediately joined his father in the business.
In 1877 he married Miss Jamieson, her family were well known in their time, her grandfather was Rev. John Jamieson of Bellshill and her great grandfather was a doctor John Brown of Haddington.
Interior view of the Five Ways public bar, shortly after reconstruction in 1958.
William in his spare time loved bowling and was a member of the Mount Vernon Club he was also a member of the old Albany Club, he was a great shot with a gun and regularly went shooting at Darnley Range, he was president of the Bank Burns Club, which met on a regular basis in Maxwell Street.
Interior view of the new lounge bar. 1958.
In 1971 Mr John Miller, manager of the Five Ways retired at the age of 65. Mr Miller had more than 47 years experience in the trade and in the same pub, which was then owned by Tennent Caledonian Breweries, which must have been a record.
94 Byres Road, Glasgow. G12 8TB. Tel: 01413411041.
Opened in the early 1950s by James Montgomery who formerly had licensed premises in Buchanan Street. The Rubaiyat was built on the site of Drummond’s Tea room.
The small circular cocktail bar “The Bowl of Night” has disappeared when it was refurbished in the 1980s. The locals protested when the interior was being destroyed and they even changed the name of the pub to Findlay’s, however the original etched mirror has survived and still hangs on the wall.
The Rubaiyat name has always confused the passer by many still cannot pronounce the name, over the years I have heard the name rubber rat, rubber yacht and many more such names. The students of nearby Glasgow University are quite familiar with the name, the poet Omar Khayyam’s masterpiece reads
“Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night, Has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight: And Lo! the hunter of the east has caught, The Sultan’s Turret in a noose of light,”
The pub was up for lease last month August 2005.
Exterior view of Finlay’s during the early 1990s.
The Rubaiyat. 2007.
The neon sign that once hung over the doorway of the Rubaiyat. 1953.
221 Buchanan Street, Glasgow. G1 2JZ. Demolished.
Fingal’s. 1995.
Over the years this old pub has been known as Fingal’s, Corfu Bar, Lunar Seven and at the turn of the last century it was known as the Comedy Bar. To read the full history of this pub, check back soon for our second book.
The Corfu. 1980’s.
There has been licensed premises on this site since 1868.
The Scotch Corner. 1991.
One of the licensees’ Thomas Ritchie better known as Ritchie Thom.
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