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Junkyard Dog

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372-74 Great Western Road, Glasgow. G4 9HT. Tel: 0141 339 9177.

Junkyard Dog

Junkyard Dog. 2007.

Junkyard Dog is now closed and is taken over by Colin Barr and will be renamed Republic Bier Halle West.

Junkyard Dog 2007

This is the Republic Bier Halle West.

Update. May 2007.

Now called Republic Bier Halle West.

The firm also has a place called Republic @ Home Pizza & Bier. Tel: 0141 339 9177.

also see Republic Bier Halle Gordon Street, Sauchiehall

Bier Halle Great Western Road

Republic Bier Halle. 2008.

Republic Halle sign

Republic Bier Halle sign. 2008.

The Original Republic Bier Halle is at 9 Gordon Street off Buchanan Street and one on 323 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.

The Hub

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175 Great Western Road, Glasgow. G4 9AW. Tel: 0141 331 1901.

The Hub

The Hub. 1991.

The Hub opened it’s door in 1963. The premises were situated in a district where a great deal of motor trading was done.

The walls were decorated with line drawings of vintage cars with photographs of famous cars and models such as the Coventry Daimler, Golden Arrow and Rolls Royce. The new establishment had a bar upstairs and the lounge downstairs which extended into the basement of adjoining premises.

Proprietor Mrs Pitt and Brewers Thomas Usher & Son opened the new venture with many celebrities and well known figures in the licensed trade. A vintage car advertising the Hub bar drove around the west end and along Great Western Road before stopping outside the Hub.

Hub old

Advertising vintage car outside the new Hub public house. 1963.

A cardboard sign with were going to the opening of the Hub at Great Western Road was positioned on the doors and at the rear of the car.

The opening ceremony was performed by Mr Andrew Dickson a well known personality in the Glasgow motor trade, among the guests was stage and TV personality Jimmy Logan.

Andrew Dickson, Mrs Pitt and Jimmy Logan

Left to right I G Donaldson, director of Thomas Usher & Son, Andrew Dickson, Mrs Pitt and Jimmy Logan. 1963.

Now known as the Liquid Ship. Tel: as above.

Licence Holders.
1990 Michael Donovan.
1973-1969 Daniel Miller Gordon.

Cleopatra’s

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500 Great Western Road, Glasgow. G12 8EL. Tel: 0141 334 2995.

Hubbards 2008

Hubbard’s with Viper at the corner. 2008.

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 2008.

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

Update…

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.

Wise Monkey 2010

The Wise Monkey February 2010.

Carriages.

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1051 Great Western Road, Glasgow. G 12 0XP. Tel: 0141 339 5575.

Carriages. 1991.

Now called Bar Stazione.

French for Station. This former railway station was designed by architect J J Burnet, he purposely built the station to look like a west end villa so that it didn’t stand out like a sore thumb, as all the wealthy people lived out in this part of the west end.

Update…2019.

These premises are now called 1051 GWR.

Do you remember this well-known Westend eatery? If so please leave a comment.

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The Captains Rest.

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185-189 Great Western Road, Glasgow. G4 9EB.

The Captains Rest, 1980s.

Munro Motors occupied this site in the early 1960s.

The pub is now known as the Captains Rest. It was also known as the Barracuda Bar.

Pharaohs 1991.

The Captains Rest 2005.

Alfie Conn Celtic fame once owned this pub.

In the NEWS 1977…

Tang of the sea at the Captains Rest.

This advert from 1977 says The whole premises have been redecorated and now assume a new character and comfortable atmosphere. “Rent a Pub.” A Comfortable lounge bar is available for private functions and a free Buffet will be provided for bookings over 40 people. For further information telephone 041-332 8657. The Captains Rest is open Monday – Saturday 5 p.m. – 11 p.m.

Owner of the new Captains Rest at 185 Great Western Road just over the flyover from Glasgow’s city centre is 32 years old Desmond Roy Le Marquand. The man from a seafaring family in Jersey puts a very great accent on boats, ships, and all floating crafts.

The former Barracuda Bar has as many ships’ instruments in brass decorating the bar and lounges. One of Le Marquand’s gimmicks is even to have his female staff wear sailor jerseys with a steering-wheel emblem.

There are literally hundreds of pictures of all kinds of shipping, and there’s even a genuine ship’s bell to help clear the pub at closing time.

SPECIAL OFFER

Within the next few days the Captains Rest will have a real steering wheel in the gantry of the public bar. Le Marquand seeks all the time something new to attract the customers but what better than to have his spirits on sale at 28p for a fifth of a gill.

The Captains Rest also has a lounge bar and a cocktail bar, both of which give you the impression that it’s time to shove off for foreign parts.

The new boss realises he has staff opposition in the area but is already well holding his own. He makes this offer to parties of 40 and over- as well as the best of service there is a FREE buffet.

The Captain’s Rest has a sea-type communication which links one bar to another through the “blower” system. There aim is to make the Captain’s Rest a sanctuary for the customers. He says: “We want to create a friendly, relaxed atmosphere with something to look at. After all the customers are entitled to it.”

The Captains Rest is a place to visit. But don’t get seasick.

Update 2014…

The Captains Rest has changed to Munro’s.

Munro’s. 2016.

Do you have any memories of this West End Bar? If so please leave a comment.

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