Elder Street, Govan. Seven Years for a Pub hold-up. How a Glasgow Public House manager was threatened with an open razor and put the safety of his 13 year old son in danger. At the High Court in Glasgow 1970, Lord Cameron, the judge, heard how Mr Doherty (31), an unemployed hairdresser at no […]
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MacLeod, Alexander William
MacLeod’s Bar, 429 Eglinton Street, corner of 1 Elgin Street, Glasgow. Mr Alexander William MacLeod. 1887. Alexander William MacLeod was born in Dunvegan, Isle of Skye in the 1830s. At an early age he lost both his parents, year after year he struggled to get on in life and moved to Glasgow where he […]
Errigal View.
311 Eglinton Street, corner of 59 Cavendish Street, Glasgow. G5 9DE. Demolished. Errigal View on the far left. Thanks to Norrie McNamee for the image. Errigal View. Corner of Eglinton Street and Cavendish Street. This pub got its name from the beautiful scenic view in County Donegal, Ireland. There has been a public house on […]
Charlie Parker’s.
21 Exchange Square, Glasgow. G1 3AJ. Tel: 0141 248 2111. Charlie Parker’s. 1990s. Charlie Parker’s was thee most modern and trendy place in town to be seen, all the poser’s were seen in here. It is now award winner Di Maggio’s, a family run business since 1983, having 8 premises throughout the city and beyond. […]
The Bushes.
12 Easterhill Street, Tollcross, Glasgow. G32 8LW. The Bushes. 1991. This is one of Glasgow’s well hidden public houses, some people living in the east end of the city didn’t know this pub existed even though it has been here for over one hundred years. It was owned by the Neilson Family of many years […]