Coatbridge

95 Main Street, Glenboig, Coatbridge. ML5 2RD. Tel: 01236 875727.

The Village Inn. 2009.

3 Church Street, Coatbridge. ML5 3EB. Tel: 01236 606690.

Smiths Bar. 2005.

1 Bank Street, Coatbridge. ML5 1AJ. Tel: 01236 421946.

The Sharks Mouth swinging sign.

Agnes Graham and Beatrice Robertson in the Sharks Mouth. 1973.

Twenty – Five – Years – not out.

Mrs. Agnes Graham (right) toasts barmaid Mrs. Beatrice Robertson, who has worked at the same public house, The Sharks Mouth, in Bank Street, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, for 25 years.

Says Mrs. Graham, who runs the public house for Scottish and Newcastle Breweries, “My customers think the world of Beatrice. The place would not be the same without her.” Beatrice, who is now in her 70th year, has 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

The Sharks Mouth. 2006.

20 Sunnyside Road, Coatbridge. ML5 3DG. Tel: 01236 602557.

The Segton Bar. 2006.

37 Sunnyside Road, Coatbridge. ML5 3DG. Tel: 01236 423773.

St. Andrew’s Bar. 2006.

Coatbridge Cross at Sunnyside Road, Coatbridge.

The old Postcard of The Royal Bar at Coatbridge Cross.

This old pub was part of the Royal Hotel.

The Royal Hotel with Morrison’s Tower Bar next door on the left.