111 Duke Street, corner of 2 John Knox Street, Glasgow. The Shuna Bar sat at the corner of Duke Street and John Knox Street. This old east end pub stayed in the same family from 1863 until it was demolished in the late 1970s. Neil Brown the founder of the business was born in Argyllshire […]
Duke Street
Shuna
Ramsay’s Bar
402 Duke Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow. Tel: 01415540710. Ramsay’s. 1991. There has been a pub on this site since 1875, landlady Mrs Mary McDonald sold the pub to Gallowgate publican John Ramsay who ran a small pub on the site of the Drover’s, Gallowgate. John Ramsay was born in 1828 in Stewarton, Ayrshire, he followed the […]
The Palace Bar
1285 Duke Street, Parkhead, Glasgow. The Palace Bar, Duke Street was situated at the corner of Salamanca Street, a stones throw from Parkhead Cross. The history of this old pub can be traced back to the very foundation of the Dalrymple family, Jane McAndrew Dalrymple obtained the licence in 1873. The Dalrymple family then had […]
The Overdale
114 Duke Street, Drygate, Glasgow. The Overdale. 1991. The Overdale has been closed for years now. At one time this place had a great singing lounge upstairs. In the mid 1920s this was a car showroom occupied by the Scottish Commercial Cars Co Ltd. Guy Motors of Wolverhampton. In 1927 James McAlees turned it into […]
Morrison’s Tavern
6 Duke Street, Glasgow. Morrison’s Tavern was in the same family for over forty years. In 1875 Thomas Morrison was license holder he was followed by his wife Isabella who had spent more than forty years serving the locals here. Mrs Morrison had a reputation for her good quality liquor. She was a […]
