24 Bridge Street, Tradeston, Glasgow. Tel: 01414292544. Sou Wester. 1991. To read the full history of this pub click here. In the News 1972… Honest Harry’s A Dart “Shark” He sweat for £1 an ounce. The world of the darts player is not everyone’s cup of tea. It is a world thick with cigarette smoke, […]
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Sou Wester
The Laurieston
58 Bridge Street, Glasgow. G5 9HU. Tel: 0141 429 4528. The Laurieston Bar, 1991. The Laurieston Bar sits on the corner of Bridge Street and Nelson Street. Alexander Wiseman occupied a public house on this site in 1836. Wiseman also ran a small pub in Carrick Street and Eglinton Street, he also had a wholesale […]
Old Hampden Cafe
9 Bridge Street, Glasgow. There has been a pub at this site since at least 1875, Mrs Margaret Reid occupied the premises then, she also ran the Union Railway Station, licensed premises in Dunlop Street. In 1887 John G Crichton took over the premises which was then called the Old Hampden Cafe. Since he […]
The Glaswegian
69-71 Bridge Street, corner of 152 Norfolk Street, Glasgow .G5 9JB.Tel: 01414291795. The Glaswegian. 1991. The last time I went into this pub I waited 10 minutes to be served, the barman in charge at the time was drinking behind the bar. I wasn’t the only one who walked out as a result of bad […]
J Eadie
12 Bridge Street, Glasgow. J Eadie, photograph taken 1930. This old Glasgow pub was established in 1860 by spirit merchant Kenneth Davidson, he only occupied the premises for a little over two years before Andrew McWilliam took over the running of the pub. Andrew McWilliam was a prominent city wine & spirit merchant having premises […]