31-35 Kelvinhaugh Street, Glasgow. Sutherland, Ship Inn Bar. Thanks to Alan Calder for this wonderful image. Mr Calder’s father and a couple of his uncles are in the photograph. The bus was about to leave for Hampden Park for a Scotland V England game. There has been a public house on this site since 1862. […]
Kelvinhaugh Street
Murph’s Barrelhouse
14 Kelvinhaugh Street, Glasgow. G3 8NU. Tel: 0141 576 5018. Murph’s Barrelhouse. 1991. Now known as the Barrel House. This old pub dates back to 1880 when landlord George Bignell traded here. Mr Bignell was an Englishman and came to Scotland where he met an Edinburgh lass called Janet, they moved back down south for […]
The Kelvinhaugh Vaults
198-200 Kelvinhaugh Street, Glasgow. The derelict building of the Kelvinhaugh Vaults. 1960s. The Kelvinhaugh Vaults were situated at the corner of Kelvinhaugh Street and Dock Street. In the 1870s Peter Burt ran this old pub, it wasn’t until 1890 that David Ross took over the pub. Mr Ross was one of the most prominent publicans […]
The Comet Bar
212-214 Kelvinhaugh Street, Glasgow. G3. Demolished. The Comet Bar. 1963. Thanks to the Mitchell Library. The Comet Bar was situated at the corner of Kelvinhaugh Street and Sandyford Street. In the 1870s Mrs Jessie Kean was proprietor of this old pub. Kelvinhaugh Street was once a thriving thoroughfare, the Anderston Docks were close by as […]
