39 Houston Street / corner of 90 Watt Street, Glasgow. Left to right James McDevitt of the Killearn Bar; John Boyle of Dixon Blazes; and Peter Byrne of the New Hawthorn Bar. 1975. The Killearn Bar sometimes called McDevitt’s Bar sat at the corner of Houston Street and Watt Street in the south side of […]
Watt Street
The Ballochmyle Bar.
180 Watt Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow. Ballochmyle Bar. circa 1897. The Ballochmyle Bar was situated at the corner of Watt Street and Ardgowan Street a public house that only lasted a few years. Mr James R Leitch the proprietor took over the pub in 1899, paying an annul rent of £39. James was born in […]
Alex’s Bar
37 Watt Street, Southside, Glasgow. Alex’s Bar, 1930s. This photograph was taken after alterations in 1940. The pub was named after the proprietor Alexander MacDonald who held the licence until the end of the Second World War. There has been a pub on this site since the 1870s, owned by Alexander L Jeffrey. Mr Jeffrey […]
