Old Dumbarton Road, Partick. The Bun & Yuill House Tavern. The large building with a smoking chimney in the centre of this drawing of 1827 was a tavern known as the “Bun and Yill House” or Bunhouse (yill is an old Scots word for ale). It stood on Old Dumbarton Road on the approach to […]
Old Dumbarton Road
The Wheat Sheaf Inn
Old Dumbarton Road, Partick. Thomas Fairbairn’s painting shows the Wheat Sheaf Inn at the eastern end of Old Dumbarton Road. The inn was popular with Glaswegians who walked from the city along the Anderston Walk to Partick and the banks of the River Kelvin, to take in the scenery and the country air. It […]
The Dukes Bar.
41-43 Old Dumbarton Road, Glasgow. G3 8RF. Tel: 0141 237 7374. Dukes Bar. 1991. Once known as Barbooshka Bar a specialist vodka bar, selling over 100 different brands. It didn’t last very long here during the 1990s, a big shame as it was a really good bar. The history of this old pub can be […]
The Dukes Bar
Dukes Bar: 41-43 Old Dumbarton Road, Glasgow. G3 8RD. Dukes Bar. 1991. Once known as Bar Booshka a specialist vodka bar, selling over 100 different brands. It didn’t last very long here during the 1990s, a big shame as it was a really good bar. The history of this old pub can be traced back […]