426 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. G2 3LG. Tel: 0141 332 4760.
Mojama. 2005.
Mojamo in a poor state and closed down a few years later from the top image. Photograph taken 2008.
This is now an Indian restaurant called Tuk Tuk
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The Metropole
164-166 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.
The Metropole bar was situated facing Wellington Street and next to Wellington Arcade which ran through to Renfrew Street and from here you crossed the street and went into another arcade called the Queen’s, next to the Camp Bar.
In the 1870s a pub sat on this site run by John Thomson, he also had pubs on Thistle Street, Gorbals, south side and 27 Cathedral Street, Townhead.
In 1891 Gerald McGorty acquired a licence, he owned these premises and rented another pub out to Mrs McAllister in Renfrew Street. Mr McGorty took over another pub in 1902, formerly the Quadrivium Bar, in Eglinton Street this bar is now called the Star Bar.
Mr McGorty died in 1917, his wife Rose took over the licence until the end of WW1.
Woolworth’s store occupied the site for over 50 years.
Maguire’s
721 Springburn Road, Glasgow.
Maguire’s sat at the gushet of Springburn Road and Elmvale Street. Many will still remember this old pub as the Terminus Bar or Chris Shevlane’s. To read more on the history of Maguire’s, check out our book here.
The Marquis
1082 Shettleston Road,Shettleston, Glasgow. G32.
Marquis Bar. 1991.
This was formerly Fergusons hardware store.
In 1971 Walter Boyle was licensee of the premises.
In 1990 Donald Hart of Hart Brothers was running this popular bar.
The Marquis, August 2005.
Lough Erne
6-10 Spoutmouth, Glasgow.
A view of the Gallowgate with Spoutmouth on the left. You can just see the Lough Erne Bar. 1970s.
There has been licensed premises on this sit since at least 1830. Charles Fraser was then landlord of the tavern, he continued to serve the locals here until the 1840s. Another well known Glasgow spirit dealer to own the tavern was Robert Horn. Robert was landlord here in 1847, the name above the door was probably the Burn Bank Tavern, as he also owned the Burn Bank Tavern in Great Western Road and 53 North Woodside Road. Maybe the tavern was called this as the Molendinar Burn was in close proximity.
During the 1860s Robert Horn was running another pub at 55 King Street, Tradeston in the south side of the city. Mr Horn was then residing at 23 Main Street, Anderston.
In 1876 Robert Johnston took over the business. Robert was born in 1835 in the Campsie Glen, in the 1880s he was living with his wife Jeanie, and five daughters at 49 Kent Street, now the heart of the famous Glasgow Barras. Robert was not just a spirit merchant he was trained as a Hatter before becoming a Glasgow publican.
This image of the Spoutmouth shows the Lough Erne on the right hand side. 1970s.
In 1899 the rent for his premises was £60 per annum. Robert passed away in 1908, his eldest daughter Mary became the licensee as one of the trustees of his estate. The family connection with this old public house ended in 1938 when it was sold off to wind up the estate.
After World War Two James McFadden was running the pub and in 1950 well known publican Peter Smyth took over the Lough Erne. Peter ran a successful business until the late 1960s he also ran the Gordon Arms at 134 Gallowgate at the corner of Moir Street.
Wedding photo of groom John Boyle and Clare Smyth. 1956.
The wedding of Clare Smyth daughter of Peter Smyth, to John Boyle took place at St. Conval’s Roman Catholic Church, Pollok, Glasgow and the reception was held at the Marlborough in Shawlands.
Many will remember Nora McDaid, she was one of the last to run the Lough Erne Bar until it was demolished in the late 1970s.
Licence Holders…
1978 M McDaid.
1973 Nora Breen McDaid.
1960-50 Peter Smyth.
1947 James McFadden.
1938 Miss Jemima Johnston.
1937 Miss Mary Sloss Johnston.
1908 Miss Mary Sloss Johnston.
1899-1876 Robert Johnston.
1875-1870 William Ferguson.
1863-1847 Robert Horn.
1840-1830 Charles Fraser.
The Stag Inn
568 Springburn Road, Springburn, Glasgow.
The Stag Inn. circa 1930s.
The Stag Inn was one of Springburn’s oldest public houses dating back to the 1870’s. In 1875 the landlord was John Reid, another well known Springburn character and spirit merchant to own this old pub was James Lindsay, he lived at the Avenue, Balgray Cottage, Springburn.
In 1887 John Warnock took over this popular Springburn tavern. Mr Warnock was born in 1855 and was born into the licensed trade, his father had pubs in the Saltmarket and Duke Street in the 1860s. John worked in the pubs during the summer holidays and never intended to go into that trade. He learned the trade of a sanitary engineer and worked in Paisley and England. John got married and had a family of two sons and five daughters, one of his sons emigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand and the other lived in London.
John added other pubs to his growing business, he has licensed premises on Great Eastern Road now the Gallowgate, Rose Street, Ardgowan Street and Parliamentary Road.
On the 26th June 1929 John and his wife celebrated their golden wedding at the Grosvenor Restaurant with their large family, his son traveled all the way from New Zealand while the other traveled from London, only one of their daughter’s were absent as she could not travel from Ireland. The family gifted their mother with a gold wristlet watch studded with diamonds and to their father a solid gold and inscribed pair of sleeve links.
In John’s early days he was a keen rower, he became a life member of the Scottish Wine & Spirit Merchant’s Benevolent Institution and a member of the Cowlairs Ward. His chief interest was in football, he was a member of the committee of the Celtic Football Club and continued until the club became a limited company. He was also one of the oldest members of the Kareless Klub, founded in 1886, this friendly trade orginisation of chosen good fellows which had a limited membership to around thirteen.
The following year 1930, John died at his home 5 Belmont Street, Springburn, aged 75 years.
The Pub was renamed to the Locomotive.
Original members of the Kareless Klub. 1886.
Left to right front row, Robert Anderson, he held licensed premises in the Springburn area, Alexander Graham, had pubs on Cathedral Street, Crown Street, The Club Bar, Oxford Street and the Central Bar, Argyle Street, Thomas Kerr, (the first president,) he was born in Tollcross in the year 1833, he had pubs on Trongate, South Wellington Street and the One Hundredth Bar, Crown Street, Alexander McLeod, owned the Gordon Bar, Eglinton Street, Henderson Street and Cheapside Street, John Walker, owned the famous Kelvin Bar on Cowcaddens which was later called the Variety Bar. Second row Andrew Innes, was a Greenock Licensee, William G Lang, was one of three brothers who started business in 1861 at Oswald Street and founded the firm of Lang Brothers, Duncan Porter, owned a pub in Centre Street, his son Thomas C Porter owned the Golf Hotel, Aberlady, James Craig, Alexander McIntosh, had pubs on Cambridge Street and Findlay Street, Back row James Crawford, owned a pub on Broad Street, William Graham owned pubs on James Street, Paterson Street and Nithsdale Road, this pub is known as Samuel Dow’s and Andrew Kerr, was the brother of Thomas Kerr, he had pubs at 11 Crown Street and 24 Thistle Street.
The Kareless Klub, 1920s, left to right front row J Vallance, John Warnock, 568 Springburn Road, John Eadie, 418 Rutherglen Road, 12 Bridge Street, 171 Watt Street, 84 Caledonia Road, 71 West Scotland Street, James M Maitland, J M Forrester, George Thomson, Harry MacDonald. Back row J S Kerr, 100 Crown Street, George Carrick, Black Bull Inn, 120 Main Street, Maryhill, Thomas W Lang, 483 Cathedral Street, 271 Argyle Street, W B Johnston, Horse Shoe Bar, 164 Crown Street, 16 Dowanhill Street, Charles W Mayger, Joseph Robb, 2 Cromwell Street, 49 Helen Street and Tom W Hogg, 519 Dumbarton Road.
Mr John Warnock.