201 Hope Street, Glasgow. G2 2UW. Tel: 0141 332 1469.
This fairly new pub is about 35 years old.
Do you have any memories about this pub, if so please leave a comment.
201 Hope Street, Glasgow. G2 2UW. Tel: 0141 332 1469.
This fairly new pub is about 35 years old.
Do you have any memories about this pub, if so please leave a comment.
234 Hope Street, Glasgow. Demolished.
Dunbar’s was situated at the corner of 234 Hope Street and 62 Renfrew Street. This photograph was taken in the 1960s. Thanks to the Mitchell Library.
There was a pub on this site since at since 1853, landlord Emanuel Talmage served the locals here for many years.
In the late 1890s Annie White was landlady she occupied other licensed premises in the city including, 16 Burnside Street, 2 Cromwell Street at the corner of New City Road and 416 Garscube Road.
Thanks to the Mitchell Library.
In 1900 Peter Brady took over the licence, he also ran pubs at 66 Broomielaw and 321 Argyle Street. He named all of the pubs “Argyle Vaults”. The Argyle Cronies made this pub their headquarters of which Mr Brady was a member.
1907 Andrew McWilliam acquired the licence, he was well established in a small pub in Grace Street, Anderston. Mr McWilliam continued until after WW1.
In 1923 this old pub was known as the Grant Arms.
During the late 1920 and early 30s David Dunbar took over the pub, Frederick and David Furniss took over as trustee’s from 1934. The pub was taken over by the Southern Blenders Ltd, Archibald S Mitchell held the licence in 1960 as trustee for the late David Dunbar, he also held the licence for all Rogano establishment’s and Charles Watson 6-8 Greenhaugh Street.
James Ballantyne held the licence as trustee for the late Mr Dunbar in association with Southern Blenders from 1961 to the late 1970s when the pub was finally demolished.
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214 Hope Street, Glasgow. G2 3PS. Demolished.
This old City Centre Bar stood at the corner of Hope Street and Renfrew Lane.
There has been licensed premises on this site since 1850. Over the years many publicans, wine and spirit merchants and restaurateurs have made lots of money from this once popular establishment including William Haddow, wholesale and retail wine & spirit merchant, and tea merchant. Mr Haddow lived at 212 Hope Street. Another well known proprietor was Thomas Galloway who took over in 1881. Mr Galloway also had premises at 156 Cowcaddens, 367 New City Road, 9-11 Sauchiehall Street. By 1919 he had no less than seven establishments in the city.
In 1921 Thomas Galloway sold up and the new license holder was John L Kelly. Mr Kelly help the license for ten years then publican John M Henderson took over. John held the license until the 1960s. Many will still remember William Crawley one of the last licensees’ for these premises.
Other names this old pub has been known as “The Savoy Bar” and “Galloway’s.”
email from Norrie Mcnamee…
Norrie Mcnamee has identified this pub, he went on to say ” the pub sat on Hope Street just around the corner of Renfrew Street Post Office, right across from the Savoy Cinema (later the Majestic Ballroom.) Right hand side off Hope Street between Renfrew Street and Sauchiehall Street.”
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17 Hope Street, Glasgow. G2 6AB. Tel: 0141 221 3016.
Names after the Denholm family of publicans. To read more on the history of this pub watch out for Glasgow Pubs & Publicans volume 2.
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21 Howard Street, Glasgow.
The Count Down Bar.
This image was taken in 1979 shortly before demolition.
Thanks to James Green a Glasgow photographer in Glasgow 1979.
Mars Bar advert 1978.
Mars Bar advert 1978.
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After Mars threatened to take the pub to court for copying the name of one of the companies most famous chocolate snacks MARS BARS the pub had to change the name.
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In the NEWS 1979…
Pub Thief “Saved” By His Boss…
Melvin Mitchell has a chance of staying out of jail because he had a boss in a million. Today a court heard how gambling-mad Mitchell, a 27-year-old pub manager, found himself £5000 in debt and in trouble with loan sharks.
In desperation he helped himself to £3641 takings he should have put in the bank night safe, then he vanished.
But Glasgow Sheriff Court heard how Mitchell’s boss, James Byrne, had given him the chance of a lifetime to make good. When Mitchell was caught and then freed on bail, Mr Byrne gave him a job in the bar of a hotel in which he also has an interest.
Instead of demanding his cash back he allowed Mitchell to pay off all his other debts. Mr James Friel, defending, said Mr Byrne was now putting Mitchell back into the same pub from which he embezzled the money, starting on Monday.
He will pay Mitchell £70 a week, but will keep £20 until the stolen money is repaid. Mitchell admitted embezzling the money from the Mars Public House, now the Countdown, in Howard Street in the centre of Glasgow.
FIRST OFFENCE
Sheriff Peter McNeill, who was told Mitchell was a first offender, deferred sentence for three weeks for a back-ground report and continued bail.
Mr Brian Logan, prosecuting, said Mitchell had been working at the Mars Bar for about five months before the offence which happened between October 22 and November 4 last year.
Mr Friel said in normal circumstances Mitchell should go to jail, but asked the Sheriff to give him a chance of freedom in view of Mr Byrne’s attitude.
Advert from 1979.
Update 09/01/2014…
In the 1960s the Snaffle Bit changed its name to the Steering Wheel according to an email I got from Jimmy. Other names the pub has been known as : Count Down, Oyster Bar next door, Mars Bar.
Do you remember the pub as this name if so please get in touch.
93 Hyndland Street, Glasgow. G11. Tel: 0141 357 5827.
Cottier’s is located in the hall of the former Dowanhill United Presbyterian Church.
A Genius of a Place in the West End of Glasgow
Once a church, now a concert venue established 25 years ago in architect William Leiper’s acoustically refined 1865 hammer beam interior.
Cottiers is a friendly place, community loved and community owned with internationally important stained glass and decoration by Daniel Cottier.
Cottiers contains a theatre and bar with outside stone flagged beer garden and exclusive Leiper’s Attic restaurant upstairs. It makes an enchanting and romantic wedding venue, a famous landmark in Glasgow’s West End.
To read the history of Cottiers click here.
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