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Matthew Reid.

November 9, 2016 by John Gorevan 3 Comments

82 Dundas Street, Glasgow. Demolished.

Bar Eight Two. 1980s.

To read the full history of Matthew Reid and his empire of Glasgow public houses click here.

The pub changed it’s name at the end to Bar Eighty Two.

Matthew Reid’s Bar. 1960s.

A feature of Matt Reid’s which grew over the years was one of the best-known collections in Glasgow. Many will still remember his collection of walking sticks. Matthew Reid was the third generation to run the bar for the trust of himself, brother James and sister Eleanor since his father’s death in July 1967, and he is just as keen on holding onto the collection, despite cash offers for the objects, as his forerunners. Maybe because there is still a fourth Matthew Reid in the family.

Mr Matthew Reid on horseback 1899.

When the first Matthew Reid started in the trade he was an ex-soldier who had a keen interest in horses, which probably explained why some riding crops and riding memorabilia was collected over the years. Then he began his stick gathering, including golf clubs, which were known in their old term “golf sticks”, and a favourite of the present Matthew Reid, a keen golfer.

In the centre of the left-hand showcase, was the golf clubs, a crooked walking stick which belonged to a man who made that style famous “Sir Harry Lauder.” This one dates from early in the Lauder career, although that was not necessarily the oldest stick in the collection. All the sticks had been varnished and had also been smoke-cured by the pub atmosphere; but the age of some became apparent recently when they were taken down to be cleaned, and sadly disintegrated completely.

Matthew Reid’s Bar with a handsome bus in front.

Another feature of Matthew Reid’s bar which was shattered a few years back was the “businessman’s bar,” where you were allowed in only if you were wearing a bowler or a formal hat; it was scrapped during some modernisation. One thing which was also modernised around that time was the cast-iron tables which got new tops, and Mr Reid had discovered shortly afterwards from a magazine article was that his old fashioned tables had now achieved an antique value.

Manager of Matthew Reid’s Bar 82 was Mr Jimmy McGarvey who was 59 years of age in 1970.

Also see the Angus Bar, another of Matthew Reid’s pubs.

Bar 82. 1991. This was the last image of this once popular bar before it was demolished.

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The Ballochmyle Bar.

November 9, 2016 by John Gorevan 1 Comment

674 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 1JZ. Closed Down.

The Ballochmyle. 1991.

Ballochmyle Bar. 1932.

To read more on the Ballochmyle Bar click here.

In the NEWS 1978…

Scotland’s comedy entertainers clubbed together today and brought out a World Cup special.

Comedians Mr Abie (left) with Benn Gunn on his right, and Tony Duncan (extreme right) handed over a two and a half foot World Cup cake to Glasgow’s taxi-drivers children’s outing.

The presentation took place at the Ballochmyle Bar in Duke Street, Glasgow. The cake, which has a large ball made of icing as its centre-piece, is to be raffled among the pub’s regulars.

Also in the picture is the pub owner James Mortimer, who is in front of Archie McPherson of the BBC.

Can you name any of the guys in the image above?

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The Auld Gushet Hoose and The Lorne Bar.

November 9, 2016 by John Gorevan 1 Comment

The Auld Gushet Hoose, 151 Duke Street, Glasgow.

The Auld Gushet Hoose 1958.

This old Duke Street howff sat at the gushet of Duke Street and St. Ann’s Place, which became known as Parkhouse Lane. Many will remember this old pub as Jack’s Bar.

The first licensee of these premises was James McCulloch in 1850 at 171 Duke Street, as Duke Street was growing the address changed to St Ann’s Place then 169 Duke Street, 149 then finally 151 Duke Street. James McCulloch was still landlord an continued so until 1873.

A lady then acquired the licence, Mrs Margaret Wright, but she only lasted in the old pub for a short spell. The Montgomery family then took over the pub, they lasted a bit longer, 18 years to be precise, this meant they were making a living out of this popular east end howff. Scottish Brewer’s acquired the pub many years down the line, a strange situation as Tennent Caledonian Brewery was situated right next door.

Mr Kenneth Howie Wallace took over the pub in 1895, paying an annual rent of £60. Mr Wallace sold up in 1907. James McInness then took over, during the First World War James kept this old pub open and at the end of the war his rent was £77, 10 shillings. Mr McInness continued to serve the locals until 1926.

During the 1930s and 40s James Hutchison wine and spirit merchant occupied the premises, he also had pub on Paisley Road West called James Hutchison.

After James Hutchison, Scottish & Newcastle Breweries took over the pub, many will still remember the licensees as John D Campbell and Bruce Fortune Duff. Mr Campbell was also licensee at 130 Gloucester Street at the corner of Clarence Street.

Jack’s Bar. 1960s.

The pub stayed open until the late 1970s, and was demolished in the way of redevelopment in the area.

The Lorne Bar, 125-127 Duke Street.

Police car waiting outside the Lorne Bar in Duke Street. 1976.

There was another Auld Gushet House at no 125 Duke Street which later became known as the Lorne. It was established in 1845, during that time there was no interruption in the licence until around 1900. In 1892 the proprietor was Mr Archibald Sharp, whose connection with the business began when he was a boy. Back in the pre-MacKenzie times, when Thomas Elder, who was for thirty-five years as lessee, Mr Sharp recollect of customers knocking the house-hold up long after midnight to get served and they had no alternative but to serve them, so tyrannical and arbitrary were the laws then that regulated the holder of a licence.

Mr Elder was at the outset of his career a blacksmith, and the first manufacturer of the portable iron horse which was shipped in hundreds to the Colonies. The old pub had undergone many internal changes and some external ones, but it still retained many traces of the typical old Glasgow taverns. The walls, at least several of them were hand-painted, a feature which probably is unique so far as the trade of Glasgow is concerned. In the 1850s an artist offered Mr Elder to paint the walls with landscapes and figures. Mr Elder consented, not stipulating for the cost. The artist worked away for a long time, and at the close of the job presented a bill for over a hundred pounds. The work was well done, as could be seen in the 1890s; but although Mr Elder protested against the amount he had to meet the bill.

To old Glasgow people the Auld House was mainly associated with the diminutive figure of a man which adorns the north-western gable. The black little man, which oscillates with every gust of wind, has been an object of interest to children for close on half a century. It still held it’s place in 1892. A new pub took it’s place at the beginning of the 1900s still owned by the Elder family. The address was now 127 Duke Street, over the years Glasgow publican’s have run the pub and left their mark, some of them you may remember during and after the First World War Andrew N Ritchie was landlord followed by Mr Lawrence Carson and William Carson, George A MacKay was one of the last licensee’s during the 1970s. The pub was then demolished, the old tavern was then known as the Lorne.

In the NEWS 1976…

Masked gang grab £150 in pub raid.

Police were searching last night for three armed men who burst into a Glasgow pub, threatened the staff, and grabbed £150 in cash and charity coppers.

The men, masked and carrying a gun, a hatchet, and a knife, knocked on the door of the Lorne Bar, 127 Duke Street, at about 10.40 a.m. Mrs Margaret Shannon, the manageress, who was preparing the shop with two other women, answered the door.

The raiders burst past her, brandishing the weapons. They forced the women to stand against the wall. The men were told that the cash had already been banked. But they found about £150, including charity money for old-age pensioners and a children’s home. They also took cigarettes. Then they drove away in a red car.

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Facts…

Duke Street is the longest Street in the UK.

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The Anchorage Bar

October 22, 2016 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

2368 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow. G14 0QL. Now Closed Down.

The Anchorage Bar, Dumbarton Road at the corner of Kelso Street 1991.

Anchorage Bar, 1966.

This photograph taken 1966, note the old Zebra Crossing outside the front door. This must have came in handy for some of the gents during the 60s when they left the pub half stewed on a Friday night.

Facts…

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Alexandra Bar

October 18, 2016 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

468 Duke Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow. G31Tel: 014155 44757.

Alexandra Bar in 1991.

First licensed in 1870. Landlord Walker Laird occupied the premises until 1884. Well known Glasgow publican Andrew Jardine then took over the business, he also had a licensed grocers shop at 400 Duke Street. The rent for the premises in 1899 was £90 per annum. Mr Jardine resided at 110 Ingelby Drive, Dennistoun.

Interior view, 2005.

Thanks to Brian Charlton for the following email…

“I used to work in the Alexandra Bar in Duke Street in the late 1960s. The manager was an Irishman called Pat (don’t know his 2nd name). He was a very mean man and had a special deal with a whisky supplier who supplied him with whisky in bulk. No matter what standard whisky you bought in there, you always got the same cheap whisky. I am surprised none of the punters caught on, as the bottles were used over and over and the labels were all very grubby looking. He also collected all of the “Slops” from the beer drip trays in a bucket and disappeared down into the cellar with them (even though there was a sink in the bar), we think he poured it into one of the darker beer tanks suck as “light” beer. Another penny pinching exercise was to pour the spilled spirits from the drip trays into Black Rum as this would hide it well.

Whilst I worked there, the under manager left to run a pub of his own in the Gallowgate. He was looking for barmaids, so my girl friend (now my wife) got a job with him. I think it was called the Shandon Bells, it was on the south side of the Gallowgate quite near the Bellgrove Hotel (model).

Exterior view of the Alexandra Bar, 2005.

The Staff of the Alexandra Bar, 2005.

Facts…

Do you know anything about this pub or any of the pubs in Duke Street please contact us.

Duke Street.
Is the longest street in the UK. Oxford Street in London was given the title first but Duke Street was considerably longer. Duke Street was opened in 1794 and named after the Duke of Montrose.

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Also see the Angus Bar, another of Matthew Reid’s pubs.

Facts…

Duke Street is the longest Street in the UK.

Facts…

Do you know anything about this pub? If so please contact us.

Facts…

Do you know anything about this pub or any of the pubs in Duke Street please contact us.

Duke Street. Is the longest street in the UK. Oxford Street in London was given the title first but Duke Street was considerably longer. Duke Street was opened in 1794 and named after the Duke of Montrose.

In 1902 Duke Street had 26 Public Houses there are only 14 left today, however only 9 are opened to the public as the others are now closed.

Duke Street.
Is the longest street in the UK. Oxford Street in London was given the title first but Duke Street was considerably longer. Duke Street was opened in 1794 and named after the Duke of Montrose.