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Archaos

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31 Queen Street, Glasgow. G1 3DX.  Closed.

Archaos Night Club. 2009.

A for sale sign hangs over Archaos.

Before it closed its doors for good in 2007, Archaos was the hottest place in town.

Archaos was one of the best night clubs to be seen in. Footballers and Celebs were often seen in here. In the NEWS 1997 notorious Charlie Sheen hit headlines after partying with Gazza at Archaos. This club was a one off, the average clubber would meet Celebrities and footballer, the door-men let anyone throw the doors.

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RG’s

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73 Queen Street, Glasgow. G1 3BZ. Tel: 01412212200.

The Rock Garden

RG’s. 1990s.

This popular Queen Street pub was originally called the Rock Garden, it’s name was shortened to R G’s for legal reasons as there is a well known Rock Garden outside of Glasgow.

There has been a licensed restaurant here since 1845 known as Lang’s. William Lang was born around 1820 in Balloch and was taught the trade of block cutting, he then worked as a shopmate of John Pender a telegraphic celebrity in his day. In 1875 William Lang opened his first shop at 73 Queen Street and traded as a Confectioner, Tea and Wine Merchant. Hundreds of various sandwiches were at the customers disposal, frizzled bacon, lobster, salmon, grouse, blackcock, herring, partridge, pheasant and shrimp were just a few. Oysters taken from the shell and placed with their liquor, in delicate little glass vases with a silver spoon was also a favourite at Lang’s as well as coffee’s tea’s beer, porter and spirit’s of every kind.

The smoke and coffee rooms at Lang’s were also stocked with gentlemen from the nearby offices in the city, all the daily newspapers were freely available.

When William Lang first opened his restaurant in Queen Street the usual way of payment was to pay first then eat, he changed this arrangement by letting his customers eat what ever they pleased then charged them accordingly, this caused a bit of a stir at first but the customers soon got used to this new way of paying for lunch.

Mr Lang opened other premises in West George Street in the 1890s, Lang’s was now an Institution in Glasgow. Visitors to the city called at Lang’s for good quality food and drink, he was also a well established importer of fine wines and cigars.

Andrew Rodger McDonald took control of the license premises when William Lang died around 1910 the name Lang’s was still well known in the city well into the 1970s.

27th September 2007.

RG’s has turned the clocks back to the 1960s and has renamed the pub the Twisted Wheel named after mod club of the 1960s, the pub with its basement club has a licence until 1am with a 3am licence on the cards. The new promises to have Fridays DJ and free live bands while Saturday is focused on growing talented DJs. Despite the new look and music theme the bar’s fab style art deco remains unchanged.

William Lang

Mr William Lang.

Licence Holders.
1990 Scott McMillan.
1971 Maureen Mitchell.
1960 Margaret Fox.
1937 Thomas A Mackie.
1910 Andrew Rodger McDonald
1899-1845 William Lang.

Queens

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103 Queen Elizabeth Square, Gorbals, Glasgow.

Queens Bar

Queens Bar. 1991.

Opened in 1972 when the Gorbals had it’s first face-lift, licensee Walter Johnston must have been so proud of this brand new public house in a new housing scheme with high rise flats all around him.

Before the pub was demolished James Clancy was licensee, the Clancy family had pub all over the city at one time, during the 1960s and 70s James and John ran the Scotia Bar on London Road at the corner of Fraser Street, Vincent Clancy ran the Carnarvon Bar, St. George’s Road and John ran the Laurieston on Bridge Street.

In the 1960s there was Patrick Clancy who occupied pubs in Sauchiehall Street, Govan Road and Elder Street, while James ran a pub on North Woodside Road.

The Queen’s Bar is now demolished, it was flattened just like the high flats and shops to make way for the new Gorbals housing estate which looks fantastic.

Licence Holders.
1991 James Clancy.
1972 Walter Johnston.

Le Cafe Noir

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151 Queen Street, Glasgow. G1.

Le Cafe Noir

Le Cafe Noir. 1991.

This was once George Murray Frame’s establishment, wholesale and retail wine, spirit, cigar and cigarette merchant. Frame’s had other premises in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow Road, Clydebank, Buchanan Street, St. Vincent Street, Argyle Street and Renfield Street.

There has been licensed premises here since 1849, landlord John Lawrie had premises in Bath Street and Sauchiehall Street, he lived in Parliamentary Road before moving to Inkermann Terrace, Rothesay. He sold the Queen Street business in 1886 to David Adams.

Mr Adams ran a samll pub on Castle Street paying an annul rent of £99.00 the Queen Street premises cost him a whopping £ 360.00 per year.

In 1912 James Sloan renamed the premises The Clyde. Mr Sloan ran these premises until after the First World War.

George M Frame

George Murray Frame 1930s.

 

Facts…

Licence Holders.
1991 William Cameron.
1978-1922 George Murray Frame.
1921-1912 James D Sloan.
1910-1886 David Adams.
1886-1849 John Lawrie.

Yates Wine Lodge

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136 Queen Street, Glasgow. G1 Tel: 01412219330.

Yates Wine Lodge

Yates Wine Lodge. 1991.

Over the years this old established pub has had many name changes in recent years it has been known as The Ingram Bar, Yates Wine Lodge and Drouthy Neebors, today the title above the door is back to The Ingram.

There has been licensed premises on this site since 1916, landlord John MacKenzie Caldwell ran the public house until the end of the First World War. Another well known publican to run the Ingram was Donald MacLean who took over in 1944. The original Ingram Bar was located in Ingram Street, however the licence was transferred to it’s present site on Queen Street when the old Ingram Bar was demolished.

Ingram interior

Interior view of the main bar, Ingram Bar. 1945.

Donald MacLean was born on the Isle of Skye, when he came to Glasgow he worked in the kitchen of the Central Hotel, afterwards becoming a waiter there. He gained further experience in the trade at the Royal Hotel, Oban and Gleneagles Hotel and spent ten years in the Grosvenor Hotel, Glasgow. He then when on to own his own pub in 1938 at 339 Cathedral Street. The Ingram consisted of the main bar and small dining rooms.

Jean Hannah an old lady that worked in the premises for many years was established as Secretary of the business. Mr MacLean had many interests, he was a member of the Glasgow Licensed Trade Defence Association, he took a keen interest in the Glasgow Skye Association, he also liked the works of Rabbie Burns and was a member of the Royalty Burns Club. During the war he served in the Clyde River Patrol.

Ingram

Exterior view of the Ingram Bar.

In the News 1973…

Ben Outing 1973

Mr. A. M. Don (Dunn & Moore), past president, and Mr. A. Sutter (Buchanan Booth’s Agencies) standing. Seated, Mr. A. Stewart (Buchanan Booth’s); Mrs. E. Prosser; Mr. J. Brown (Ingram Bar); and Mr. P. Taylor (Albany Hotel). 1973. This photograph was taken at the annual outing of the “BEN” (Scottish Wine and Spirit Merchants’ Benevolent Institution.

Also see Yates’s, Sauchiehall Street.

In 1978, Mr. Jack Brown, one of Glasgow’s noted licensed trade personalities, for many years proprietor of the Ingram Bar, Queen Street, Glasgow, has died in hospital, aged 68. He is survived by his wife, one son, Jack, who runs the Shaws Bar, Westwood Road, Pollokshaws, Glasgow, and one daughter, Marlene.

Donald MacLean

Donald MacLean. 1945.

Ingram interior2

Interior view of the dining room, Ingram Bar. 1945.

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Interior view of the Ingram Bar. 1950s.