Renovate four of their Welcome Inn’s. A WARM WELCOME BACK TO THE INN’S… It’s cheers all round for regular customers at four of Glasgow’s Welcome Inns for Scottish & Newcastle Breweries, who own the inns, have reopened four of their most popular pubs after spending more than £100,000 renovating them. The Pubs are the Iron Horse […]
Brewery
Greenhead Brewery
Canning Street now London Road, Glasgow. Staff at the Greenhead Brewery in Canning Street now London Road, Calton. 1890. The Greenhead Brewery was built c1800 by John Struthers of the Gallowgate Brewery in Kent Street, Glasgow in the east end of the city, and was acquired by his son Robert by James Steel in 1853. […]
James White – Agent for McEwans
Glasgow Agent, for McEwan’s, Edinburgh, Brewery. Mr James White, 1892. Mr James White, Agent for McEwan’s, Edinburgh, Brewery. Mr William McEwan the founder of the firm was an M. P. in 1892. The firm had travellers and agents in every part of the world and the staff was one of the largest of any […]
Tennent Caledonian Breweries
Duke Street, Glasgow. Tennent Caledonian Breweries were hosts at a tasting and buffet in the Radnor Hotel, Clydebank. (Left to right) Mr. E. Tarquini, Cisco; Mr. D. E. M. Matthews, Tennent Caledonian; Mr. P. Walters, The Maggie; Miss S. Hytch; Mrs. P. Walters; Mr. A. M. Brown, Station catering manager, Travellers Fare, Glasgow; Miss M. […]
Scottish & Newcastle Breweries
£70,000 Extension to Brewery… In August 1970 it was reported that Scottish & Newcastle Breweries were to send £70,000 extending their brewery at 57 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh. Warrant to carry out the work was granted by Edinburgh Dean of Guild Court, but it was pointed out that the matter was still subject to […]
McVey, Daniel
Of Messrs., Maclay & Company, Thistle Brewery, Alloa. In 1853 Mr Daniel McVey was born in the village of Callander, he was educated at the village school, he came from a good Scottish stock of farmers for generations in the area. After leaving school he was apprenticed to the well-known firm of Messrs […]