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The Kessington

February 24, 2017 by John Gorevan 1 Comment

1836 Maryhill Road, Glasgow. Tel: 01419463800.

The Kessington Bar. 1991.

This part of Maryhill Road was known as Main Street, Maryhill. The address of the pub was then 238a-240 Main Street, Maryhill. In 1883 Samuel Leckie was landlord here until his death in 1911 when his wife took over the pub. The business stayed in the family until the out break of the Second World War.

Samuel Shaw then took over until the end of WW2. Mr Robert J Millen took control of the business from 1950 until the 1970s many will still remember him as a great golfer. In 1965 his son Bobby won the Red Hackle tournament at Hilton Park, he returned a magnificent 71, one above par to lead the first class while his father Robert took first place in the second class.

Left to right D Deans, UCB, Hawick; D Spalding, Cathkin Bar, Rutherglen; D Millar, Harvey’s Bar; F H Trott; R D Millen, Kessington; R J Millen, Kessington; J A Murray, Murray Bar; D G Dick; F Dunn, The Gordon, Greenock; T McEntee, Express Bar; J Hargan, Normal Bar; J E Gray and A Marshall. Photograph taken after the golf tournament at Hilton Park 1965.

email… from Stephen McGuire: the Kessington Bar prior to Hamish McDonald being the landlord was Michael O’Neil whose family owned such bars as the Duniglennan (Duntocher) and several others for around 10 years.

This old pub is now called Jumping Jacks. 2005.

Facts…

Licence Holders.

1990 Hamish MacDonald.

1973-1950 Robert James Millen.

1937 Emily Langley Leckie.

1919 Emily Langley Leckie.

The Kelvin Dock

February 24, 2017 by John Gorevan 3 Comments

1718 Maryhill Road, Glasgow. G20.

The Kelvin Dock. 1991.

The Kelvin Dock sits on the corner of Maryhill Road and Fingal Street.

The pub is named after a nearby dry dock that was constructed by the canal company in 1790 and was last used for boat repair in 1962.

There has been licensed premises here since 1848 run by coach proprietor and spirit dealer William Abbot. Mr Abbot also had pubs on Hospital Street, two on London Street, the Abbot’s Bar, and the Railway Bar, many will remember this old pub as the Nag’s Head which was demolished in the 1960s.

William Abbot continued as licensee for the pub on Maryhill Road until 1876.

In 1884 Dugald Pattison took over the business, Mrs Pattison took over the licence when Dugald died in the late 1880s. The family continued to run this pub until the 1950s, they also ran pubs in 1010 London Road and 92 Cambridge Street the Ninety Two Bar.

In 1949 Malcolm MacLeod took over the pub, he also owned MacLeod’s Bar at 402-4 Garscube Road next to Society Row. Mr MacLeod sold the pub to Hector Miller in 1965.

Left to right: Mr J McCabe , Mr James Millen and Malcolm MacLeod.

Hector Miller formerly owned Hector’s Bar at 1674 Maryhill Road one of Glasgow’s oldest pubs which caught fire in 1969 and had to be demolished. The City Council bought the pub and ground in November a year beforehand for the sum of £30.000. The Council had plans to build on the site between 1971 and 1975.

Mr Miller then took over his brothers pub further along Maryhill Road and renamed it Hector’s Bar after the old premises.

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In the NEWS 1975…

Flood washes out beer supply.

Hector Miller in his flooded cellar. 1975.

Beer and water every-where and not a drop to drink. That’s, in a nutshell, is the sad story today of one busy Glasgow Pub.

For the cellar at the Kelvindock Bar in Maryhill is under 5ft of water and the beer taps are running dry because the pub’s staff can’t get down to change the barrels.

The door to the whisky store can’t be opened because of the stagnant flood water. Unless the water level goes down rapidly, regulars will have to survive on bottles of beer and the few bottles of whisky upstairs on the gantry.

Last week manager Hector Miller kept the pints flowing by putting on a pair of waders and piling the barrels one on top of the other. Now the water level is too high even for such drastic measures. Mr Miller reckons he’s lost over £400 in ruined stock and stands to lose over £1000 in takings over the weekend.

The cause of the flood is thought to be a blocked sewer under Maryhill Road outside the popular bar and dirty water is being diverted straight into the Kelvindock’s cellar. “The corporation have been notified five times this week and still the blockage hasn’t been cleared,” said Mr Miller.

A spokesman for the sanitary department said, “We are giving this matter our urgent attention and hope to clear it up as soon as possible.”

The area around Maryhill Locks has been used in scenes from hit Glasgow sitcom Still Game.

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Interior view of the Kelvin Dock, August 2005.

The Kelvin Dock. 2005.

Postcard with the tram and The Kelvin Dock on the right.

Another postcard with the Kelvin Dock.

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Up To Date NEWS… 20/06/2014…

Tragic News that the Kelvin Dock was set on FIRE…

Fire engines were sent to the Kelvin Dock at around 4.30am today.

Firemen tackle the blaze at the corner of Maryhill Road and Fingal Street. There was not much damage to the building itself. The police are treating the fire as suspicious

Inquiries are ongoing but the fire is being treated as wilful.

Facts…

Licence Holders.

1992 Hector Miller.

1973-1965 Hector McLean Miller.

1960 Malcolm McLeod.

1937 Thomas Pattison.

1920-1910 Mrs Dugald Pattison.

1899-1890 Lillias Morton Pattison.

1884 Dugald Pattison.

1876-1848 William Abbot.

Jasper’s

February 9, 2017 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

14 Midland Street, Glasgow. G1 4PP. Tel: 0141 221 0726.

Please check back soon for the history of this pub

The Jungle

February 9, 2017 by John Gorevan 1 Comment

23 Milton Street, Glasgow.

The Jungle. 1970s.

The Jungle was one of the most unusual pubs in the city of Glasgow. Mum’s and dad’s would even take their kids to Milton Street to see this public house, it was full of colour with painted animals from the jungle on the outside. I remember passing when I was a wee boy, thinking it was a zoo in the middle of town.

There has been a public house on this site since 1853, owned by spirit merchant Thomas Tulloch, Mr Tulloch only ran the pub for two years and the licence was taken over by renowned wine & spirit merchant Matthew Robin. Mr Robin also owned pubs on Clyde Place, King Street, Tradeston and Stockwell Street now the famous Scotia Bar. Matthew’s son Robin took over the business in 1877, he then opened another pub on Great Hamilton Street now London Road.

To read more on the history of Matthew Robin & Son and the Scotia Check out our book here.

Robert Robin continued in the Milton Street pub until 1905. The name above the door was Matthew Robin & Son. Alexander McIntosh then took over the licence followed by his wife Agnes Morris McIntosh.

During the 1930s John McMillan Kerr was licensee, the pub stayed in the same family until the end of the Second World War.

The Jungle was named by George R Johnstone who took over the pub in 1960, the Jungle became a well known landmark in the city, artists and photographers came from all over the country to take pictures and paint this popular Glasgow Howff. It was demolished in the way of redevelopment in the 1970s.

The Jungle. 1970’s.

Another view of the Jungle. 1970s.

Many thanks to Mr Richard Keltie who took this photo in the summer of 1970. Mr Keltie was working in the hardware department of Dallas’s at the corner of Milton Street and Cowcaddens Street.

Mr Robert Robin.

Licence holders.

1972-1960 George R Johnstone.

1950 George Smith.

1947-1945 Josephine Meldrum Drake Kerr.

1938-1923 John McMillan Kerr.

1919-1906 Agnes Morris McIntosh.

1905 Alexander McIntosh.

1899-1877 Robert Robin.

1875-1856 Matthew Robin.

1855-1853 Thomas Tulloch.

James Dean’s Fun Bar

February 9, 2017 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

Miller Street, Glasgow. G1.

James Dean’s Fun Bar. 1991.

The Anne Bar

January 25, 2017 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

147 Main Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow.

This old pub was also known as the International Bar.

Main Street in Bridgeton was once a great shopping area in the East End of the City. Pub too were plentiful, and at one time there was 27 Public Houses on Main Street alone.

There has been a pub on this site since 1866. The licensee was a gentleman called Thomas McGibbon. The owners of the pub was a very old business called “The Bridgeton Old Victualling and Baking Society Ltd. Thomas wasn’t new to this kind of work as he moved from 98 Main Street where the Old Victualling & Baking Society had their premises before moving to 147 Main Street.

Thomas McGibbon was manager and licence holder for two premises on Main Street 98 and 102, Thomas lived at 51 Franklin Street with his family before moving to better accommodation at 117 Greenhead Street.

When Mr Thomas McGibbon passed away his friend Robert Muirhead took over as licensee and manager of the O.V & B. S. Mr Muirhead ran the pub from 1875 to around 1880

Over the years many licensees ran this old pub including after Robert Muirhead, Robert Dawson, he only held the licence for a few years, then John M Derby took over from 1884 to the early 1900. John paid an annual rent of £69 10/- (shillings).

John Aitken from 1910 until 1919. John Aitken was treasurer for the Bridgeton Old Victualling & Baking Society Ltd. John Proctor was next on line to hold the certificate. John held this position until 1935.

Terence McGowan 1937 to the 1950s. One of the last licensees was popular and well respected publican Hugh Bonner. Working for Mr Bonner was Pat O’Donnell and Ben McGreevy.

Mr Hugh Bonner.

More on the history of the Bridgeton Old Victualling & Baking Society Ltd, the Society was established in 1816 in Main Street Bridgeton and was known as the New Victualling Society. In 1825 Robert Issac was manager of the Victualling Society and purchaser.

The Baking Society was also in Main Street and 8 Well Street, Calton. The Bridgeton Union Victualling Society, the Friendly Victualling Society, the Operative Victualling Society, the Bridgeton Victualling Society.

By the 1840s, Alexander Campbell was manager of the Bridgeton Victualling Society, John Frame was the purchaser for the Bridgeton Victualling Society at Peebles Land, Main Street Bridgeton, The Friendly Victualling Society was run by Robert Morrison and the Operative Victualling Society was run by David Alexander. As time when on all the Societies merged together.

In the Recollections of Bridgeton by William Guthrie, mentioned three the the licence holders of the pub at 147 Main Street. Mr Guthrie stated that…

“There was a grocer’s shop opposite Rumford Street, owned by Mr McGregor. When he gave it up it was occupied by a company of printers. McDonald, McGibbon and Muirhead. The first named Hugh McDonald, the Rambler, who was appointed shopkeeper. These were all intimate friends of the writer.

This venture was unsuccessful and the partners came to grief. I believe if McGibbon has been appointed manager it would have been a success, as he afterwards became manager of the Bridgeton Old Victualling & Baking Society, and made it a prosperous concern.

When he died, Mr Muirhead followed in the same management, and this concern is still flourishing under the direction of working men and Mr Dawson, an expert salesman, with assistants.”

Hugh McDonald the Glasgow Rambler (1817-1860) was a popular author of publication as “Ramblers round Glasgow” and “Days at the coast.”

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