Blantyre

High Blantyre

The Auchintibber Inn was owned by Mr J B H Struthers in 1910 and was known for creating a ‘mini paradise’ in the mining village.

In the heat of the temperance, publicans were fearful that they would lose their livelihoods and they were fresh out of ideas to keep the locals in their favour and stop them voting to become dry.

Mr Struthers decided that he would convert his land at the rear of the premises into a pitch to play an old Scottish sport called Quoiting.

The locals of the village all pulled together to create this paradise with Mr Struthers.

The article that includes there pictures is availble to be printed from the National Guardian. Please get in touch if you would like to purchase a copy. (Ref 12Aug1910)

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.”

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.