501 Glasgow Road, Blantyre< Glasgow. G72 9HP. Tel: 01698 822529.
The West End Bar, Blantyre 2005.
This Shield is displayed on the gable end of the premises.
“VINCERE-VEL-MORI”……. “MacNeil.”
Category Archives: Blantyre
Blantyre.
In 1915 Mr Bruce’s Volunteer Bar, Blantyre, had a large company of the Merchants Football Club who met to honour one of the players, James Browns on the occasion of his marriage. At the hands of John Ramsay who presided, Mr Brown was presented with a purse of sovereigns as a mark of esteem. The members of the Blantyre silver band also met on a recent evening in John Roberts, Priory Hall, to offer their felicitations to William Mains, one of their members, on the occasion of his marriage, Mr Sneddon presented Mr Mains with 2 umbrellas one for him and the other for his good lady..
144 Station Road, Blantyre, Glasgow. G72 9BW. Tel: 01698 828801.
The Village Bar, Blantyre. 2005.
This door is on the side wall of the premises. Do you know what this was used for? If so please get in touch.
296 Glasgow Road, Blantyre, Glasgow. G72 9DG. Tel: 01698 822861.
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The Parkville, Blantyre. 2005.
The entrance to the Parkville, Blantyre. 2005.
The Parkville sign. 2005.
The Parkville is owned by Celtic fame Harry Hood.
I had my wedding reception in this pub in 2015 (John Jun)
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In the NEWS 1978…
Hary doesn’t score with pub plan.
Ex-Celtic player Harry Hood today moved into defence as he prepared to meet his biggest challenge match outside a football ground.
Lining up in opposition to Harry, who now plays for Queen of the South, are councillors, residents and church people in the Croftfoot area of Glasgow who are against his plans to open a pub in their “dry” district.
He has lodged an application for planning permission in Croftend Avenue, but this has led to a petition to try to stop the application winning approval.
WRONG
District Councillor Maurice Toshner has promised the objectors his full backing. “The people who live there are appalled,” he said, “This is a totally residential area and a pub would be compietely wrong.”
But a planning official dealing with the application commented: “I think I will probably be recommending it to the committee.”
Hood, who already runs the Sherwood Manor in Uddingston, said: “What I plan to build will be a bit higher class than just a public house. It will be next to a shopping centre, where local people can have a coffee, a snack, and a drink if they want it.”
Harry Hood also owns Angels Hotel, Uddingston, The Castle Rooms, The Croft, The Dalziel Park Hotel, and The Parkville.
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In the NEWS 1978…
We don’t want any pubs…
A public house in the Croftfoot area is entirely superfluous to our needs.
The picture Mr Hood paints of housewives popping in for a coffee or a snack after their visit to the shopping centre is a bit extreme. The shopping centre is a line of a half dozen shops a laundrette, and a chippie.
Numerous couples in the area chose to live here because of the absence of pubs. Pensioners congratulate themselves that the mindless violence and constant recurring disturbance that plaques areas well blessed with such establishments as Mr Hood proposes is happily absent here.
A community, we are not over loud in our praises of Croftfoot, but we do value the quality of our life here.
285 Glasgow Road, Blantyre, Glasgow G72. 9HJ. Tel: 01698 327980.
The Old Original Bar, Blantyre. 2005.
With a frontage like this, this must have been a wonderful site for the locals of Blantyre when this building was erected in 1903.
This date can be seen from the Glasgow Road side of the building.
What an wonderful front this pub has got. It says come on in and give me a visit. The initials R C had been carved out of red sandstone.
203 Main Street, Blantyre, Glasgow. G72 0EL. Tel: 01698 290419.
Matt’s Bar, Blantyre. 2005.
100 Broompark Road, Blantyre, Glasgow G72 9RN. Tel: 01698 822224.
The Larkfield Bar, Blantyre. 2005.
Blantyre.
Hastie’s Farm. thanks to http://www.blantyre.biz/Hasties-Farm-A-History.html
In the NEWS 1979…
Its singalong time down on the farm…
There aren’t many places left where you can go for a night out, really let your hair down, and have a marvellous time.
Most places seem to be aiming for a sophisticated air now-a days, but not Hastie’s Farm, Blantyre.
Hastie’s which first opened its doors as licensed premises in 1967, has achieved a reputation of being a showplace for amateur talent, an image which the two imaginative new owners plan to further.
LURE BACK
Sam Plotnikoff and Graham Gordon took over the bar/restaurant complex five weeks ago and are full of enthusiasm for its future. Said Sam: “The atmosphere we’re determined to create is casual, informal, and relaxed. It’s not a dinner dance, and we don’t have a cocktail bar,” he stressed.
Graham added: “When we took over, there was a long list of exotic drinks at the bar, some of which weren’t asked for more than once a year. We pruned that and, apart from the usual drinker, we only have six or seven “specials.”
One of the first moves the new owners made was to approach John Doc, the well-known Lanarkshire musician, and lure him and his trio back to Hastie’s, a move that is proving very popular.
John Doc plays at Hastie’s from Wednesday to Sundays, and on some of these evenings there is dancing. Monday is a quiet night down at the Farm, with the bar open for customers.
NEW TALENT
Tuesday is disco night. The new owners are worried that folk will think they’ve turned the place into a disco joint, but that’s not the case at all. Although the bar has been done up and converted into into a young people’s bar, the Disco is only held on Tuesday evenings in the restaurant.
The disco evenings kick off tomorrow with Radio Clyde’s Dougie Donnelly and the Clyde Disco Road Show. Other nights of the week. Hastie’s provides a good three-course meal and coffee for £3.75. The catering is under the eye of Graham’s wife Irene who, like her husband and his partner, has entered the business with tremendous zest.
Visitors come from far an wide and the visitor’s book shows entries from as far afield as Romania, Australia, Canada, U.S.A, Iraq, Thailand, and South Africa.
Sam said: “We’re quite a tourist attraction, People bring their friends and relatives to show them typical Scottish entertainment.”
Saturday is just one evening when all the good amateur singers come to take their turn at the microphone. Sam said: “There is a core of regulars, but new talent appears all the time. Some are every bit as good as you would hear on the T.V.”
Group outings are welcome at Hastie’s Farm. They get parties of all sizes for every evening, three bus loads from Clydebank booked in while I was visiting.
Booking is advised, although the restaurant can seat 180. They have bookings already for next Easter. All this is keeping the partners busy for 18 hours a day. But they don’t mind as they’re determined to build Hastie’s back to its former glory, something which they’re well on the way to achieving.
SUNDAY SHOWS
“After all, there’s no local competition.” Graham said, “and we’re in a very handy location just 20 minutes from Glasgow. The bus loads come from all over, Ayrshire, Stirlingshire, and even further away.”
Still concentrating on local amateur talent, a Sunday afternoon singalong has been started up. This began two weeks ago on August 5 and with some 25 singers taking the stage is proving a great success. Snacks are on offer at the singalong with lunches in the other part of the complex.
On other days lunches are also available. Although there is waitress service, the idea is to provide a “Pub Grub” style of menu. Lunch at Hastie’s with a quiet drink is expected to increase still further in popularity when the giant new Asda store, adjacent to the complex opens soon.
93 Broompark Avenue, Blantyre, Glasgow. G72 9SQ. Tel: 01698 825160.
The Doon Inn, Blantyre. 2005.
20-22 Stonefield Road, Blantyre, Glasgow. G72 9PQ. Tel: 01698 826612.
The Commercial Bar, Blantyre. 2005.
