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Hubbards and the Viper.

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508 Great Western Road, Glasgow. G12 8EL. Tel: 0141 237 4040.

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Hubbards. 2009.

This venue has had a few name changes in recent years such as: Hubbards, The Wise Monkey, Brewdog “Crafty Pig”, LUCA Little Urban Achievers Club

The Viper at the corner was formerly called Cleopatra’s it was soon to become well known all over the city as Clatty Pat’s by the locals. This photograph was taken in 2009.

Update…2009

Hubbards has been closed since August 2009. For six months the doors have been closed.

Update…2010

Hubbards is now called The Wise Monkey. It was opened on Thursday 25th February 2010. Manager Graham Sutherland now runs a music venue there. Graham is not new to the Glasgow pub trade, he opened EI Sabor in the Merchant City. Good luck with your new venture, I’m sure it will be a success.

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The Wise Monkey. 2010.
Image of the Wise Monkey 508 Great Western Road 2012
The Wise Monkey. 2012.
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LUAC. 2014.

LUAC Little Urban Achievers Club. 2014.

Image of the Brewdog 508 Great Western Road 2018
Brewdog. 2018.

Brewdog Crafty Pig.

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Crafty Pig. 2019.

Next door to the old Hubbards is the Viper Club.

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The Viper. 2014.

The Viper Club was formerly Cleopatra’s known locally as Clatty Pat’s.

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Cleopatra’s. 1991.
Image of Cleopatras Great Western Road 1991
Cleopatra’s. 1990s.

Do you remember any of the venues above? If so please leave a comment.

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Wintersgills. ( Andros Bar.)

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226 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9EJ. Tel: 0141 332 3532.

Wintersgills. 1991.

This was originally Samuel Dow’s establishment. To read the full history, check back soon for our second book.

Many will still remember this old pub as the Andros Bar, during the 1970s.

Samuel Dow’s old pub, 1939.

Samuel Dow, Great Western Road, 1936.

Samuel Dow, Great Western Road 1936.

Celtic fame Jim Brogan owned this pub, he now owned the Victoria Bar, Kilmarnock Road in the south side of the city.

In the News 1974…

Over goes this massive pile of coins collected by the customers of the Andros Bar, 266 Great Western Road, Glasgow.

Pushing them over is Ronnie Glavin, captain of Patrick Thistle F.C., ; second from the left. The picture also includes Mr. Andrew Ross, licensee of the Andros (right of pillar), and next to him Mr. P. McAllister, manager.

The amount of money in the pile, £333.18, goes to boost the Sick Children’s Outing organised by Glasgow taxi drivers. 1974.

In the NEWS 1976…

Andros Bar, Great Western Road, breaks a world record.

Pile of Pennies breaks a world record.

The pile of coins represents more than £1,181 and standing delightedly on the counter (which had to be specially shored up to take the weight of money) is the Andros Bar, manager Pat McAllister.

A Glasgow public house has broken into the Guinness Book of Records with a massive 8ft. high pile of coins weighing 8cw. and amounting to £1,181 68p, a world record. Previous record in the Guinness Book of Records was for £1,100 22p, in 1973.

The pile was built up over a period of 50 weeks in the Andros Bar of Mr. Andrew Ross, 226 Great Western Road, by manager Pat McAllister. The bulk of the money was donated in 2p coins by patrons, with Mr. McAllister’s wife doing most of the collecting. The staff of 16 also helped by donating their tips.

The money has gone to the Glasgow Taxi Men’s Sick Children’s Outing Fund, by whom the Andros Bar has been presented with a silver cup, with a personal trophy for the owner and the manager.

The toppling over ceremony was performed by TV personality Bill Tennent. After the ceremony a group of 60 invited guests, including many customers, were entertained to a meal and refreshments by Mr. Ross. Included among the guests were Mr. Jack Baillie, area sales manager, Guinness; Mr. George Brown, area representative, Guinness; Mr. Andrew Bell, Glasgow manager, John Walker and sons; and Mr. Malcolm Fraser, area manager, Tennent Caledonian Breweries.

In beating the record, Andros Bar did so within a stipulated period, one calendar year. There had been no stipulated period for the previous record, in 1976.

Facts…
Also see Dow’s other establishments,
Dundas Street, Nithsdale Road, Kilmarnock Road, Mitchell Street.
Also see Old Canteen Bar, Gallowgate.

Do you remember anything about this old pub? If so please leave a comment.

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New Normal Bar

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32 Great Western Road, Glasgow.

The New Normal Bar Great Western Road

The New Normal Bar, 32 Great Western Road, after the great fire 1972.

Owner Jimmy Hargan opened this pub after his old premises were demolished, the Normal Bar at number 5 New City Road, and called his new bar “The New Normal Bar” at the start of Great Western Road near the junction of St. Georges’ Cross. The pub was demolished along with the tenement building after a great fire.

Read more on the Normal Bar Click Here.

In the NEWS November 1972…

Demand for greater precautions after big fire…

Mrs Nancy Ballantyne, convener of Glasgow Corporation police and fire committee, has called for a co-ordination committee to deal with all aspects of fire fighting after a tenement fire on Saturday in which a fireman died trying to rescue a woman, who also died, and 31 other persons were injured.

Twenty-seven firemen have lost their lives in the past 12 years fighting fires in the city. Another councillor, Bailie Albert Long, has called for a full investigation by corporation officials to see if all proper fire precautions were taken.

Mrs Ballantyne’s request is made in a letter which she will hand to Mr William Gray, the Lord Provost, today. In the letter, she will ask that special attention should be paid to all disused property, particularly empty shops beneath occupied tenements.

The fireman who died on Saturday, Sub-Officer Adrian McGill, was said yesterday to have sacrificed his life trying to save the woman, who was trapped on the top floor of a burning tenement in Maryhill Road, Glasgow.

DEMOLITION

The woman, Mrs Alice Mulgrew, aged 48, died after she was brought down from a narrow ledge outside her home by other firemen. In her letter, Mrs Ballantyne refers to the fact that Sub-Officer McGill is the eighth fireman to die this year in fires in the city, seven have died at a warehouse fire in Kilbirnie Street in August.

She will ask the Lord Provost to consider what steps might be taken to have all derelict propery demolished, to have special precautions taken where shops stood empty beneath occupied tenements to ensure the safetly of firemen and the safe entry of fire-fighting vehicles through narrow lanes which were sometimes blocked by cars.

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The Keep

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35 Great Western Road, Glasgow.

The Keep Bar

The Keep Lounge Bar and Off-Sales

The Keep Bar was adjacent to St. George’s Cross Subway Station.

The photograph above was taken in 1964.

Next door to the Keep was the well known Wood & Selby Stores.

Great Western Road

This 1930s postcard was taken from St. George’s Cross with Great Western Road on the left.

The Keep 1970s

Another view of the Keep. 1970s.

The pub along with shops were demolished after a fire in November 1972.