232 Dumbarton Road, Partick, Glasgow. G11.
The Quarter Gill. 1991.
The Quarter Gill is situated at the corner of Dumbarton Road and Hyndland Street on the ground floor of a tenement building built in 1869.
This pub was originaly a licensed grocers business owned by William Moncrieff & Son, they occupied other premises in nearby Crow Road.
Quarter Gill. 2007.
Date on Tenement building. 1869.
421 Dumbarton Road, Dalmuir. G81 4DU.
In the News 1971…
Day they went fishing in the Park Bar cellar.
The day they found goldfish swimming about in the cellar was just one eventful day among many in the history of the Park Bar in dalmuir.
That was the day the road outside the bar was being dug up and a sewer flooding the cellar deposited 22 goldfish, source unknown, on the premises.
Then there was the day in the Clydebank blitz when a bomb flattened the original bar opened in the twenties, and the move was made to the present address at 421 Dumbarton Road. “It was supposed to be a temporary move,” chargehand Gordon Stewart explained, “but 30 years is scarcely temporary.”
Mr. Gordon Stewart is the Park Bar Chargeman, and Miss Madge Bayne joined as a temporory staff member 30 years ago! 1971.
Modern decor
Among the oldest and most popular free house in the area, the Park Bar is having another event, a complete change of image from traditional to ultra-modern. With the acquisition of the next door premises, a complete refurbishment and extension of the bar is being carried out. Gleaming white paint and Scandinavian type pine panelling have already transformed most of the interior. The lounge has doubled in size, and there’s now a new cocktail bar.
“The next step,” says licensee Mr. Samuel Weir, “is the alteration and redecoration of the public bar and off-sales shop to bring our bar up to high standard that Clydebank burgh likes to see on its licensed premises. “It will be a far cry from the days when the original licensee something of an outdoor man, had the wall behind the public bar covered with glass cases full of stuffed birds and fish.”
That was George McTurk, goalkeeper for Clyde and a famous footballer in his day. His niece, Miss Madge Bayne, carries on the family tradition as a staff member for 30 years. “I came here in 1941, just to let my cousin go on holiday.” Miss Bayne told me. “Ive been here ever since, and it’s a standard joke to say we don’t know if she’s back yet.”
Theatre bell
Miss Bayne showed me round, pointing out such changes as the new and extremely comfortable seating, the crisp decor of white, mustard, and olive green in the lounge, and rich patterned wallpaper of the small and cosy cocktail bar.
Another innovation is the internal bell set up for the convenience of patrons of the nearby Clydebank Repertory Theatre. “We’ve always had close associations with the Rep. Company,” explained Miss Bayne. “Both the audience and the actors are regulars so are the local football supporters.”
Whatever happened to those goldfish?
“Well,” said Mr Stewart, “I just went out and bought a fish tank, put it on top of the bar counter, poured the gwhich read “Fishing to-night.”
1552 Dumbarton Road,Glasgow. Tel: 01419549229.
McNabb’s. 1991.
163-169 Dumbarton Road, Partick, Glasgow. G11 6AA. Tel: 01413397571.
Partick Tavern. 1991.
This very old Patrick local had original art deco windows which have now been taken out.
For many years this pub was owned by the McDougall family. In Victorian times westenders flocked here to sample McDougall’s Partick Castle blend of Old Scotch Whisky which you could get for 10d per gill.
For many years this old pub was known as the Masonic Arms.
The Masonic Bar.
206 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow. G11 6UN
Mullen’s Bar. 1991.
This is now the well known and award winning bar The Lismore.
The Lismore. 2005.
What a transformation!
2562 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow. G14 0PT. Tel: 01419521342.
The Lovat. 1991.
There has been licensed premises here since at least the 1880s. On of the best known publicans to hold a certificate here was Alexander Fraser. Mr Fraser was born in 1876 in Stratherrick near Inverness, the son of a school master turned farmer, he was educated in the Parish school then completed his education at Raining’s School, once famous throughout the Highlands.
Alexander stated in the National Guardian that completing his education was an over statement, he studied there for a certificate which would allow him to follow a profession, but with only a few months to go in his classes, the sudden death of his father put an end to such ideas and ideals.
There was a large family of Frasers, so, to make things easier on the farm, young Alexander at the age of seventeen took a cousin’s advice and came to Glasgow to enter the spirit trade.
After serving a short apprenticeship, he became a licence holder of premises at the East End of the Broomielaw, near the Clyde Trust building. This old pub was named the Inverness Bar. Three years later he took over a pub on Shamrock Street then later the Lovat Arms in Yoker.
His Broomielaw premises were demolished due to the City Council Redevelopment scheme shortly afterwards he disposed of his other pub in Shamrock Street to concentrate on the Yoker premises. Mr Fraser was heavily involved in the Church and was treasurer in the Erskine Parish Church.
Mr Fraser was also involved in the Gaelic movement in Glasgow, he didn’t have the time to learn much of the Gaelic language in his home town and one of the first things he did when he came to Glasgow was to join the Glasgow Invernessshire Society and the Clan Fraser Society. Completing his Gaelic education in Glasgow he was prominently identified with the Gaelic movement for over thirty years.
In 1898 he was one of the founders of the Glasgow Gaelic Musical Association, he was a member for many years and later acted as president. He was also a life member of the Northern Highland Benevolent Association of Glasgow and the Glasgow Celtic Society which he was president. When he took over the Lovat Arms in Yoker he associated himself with the Highland activities in Clydebank and formed the Gaelic choir there which he was a conductor for a short time.
He was also a director of the Glasgow and District Licensed Trade Defence Association and became a member of the Renfrew Parish Council in 1913. In 1918 he became a county councilor for Yoker completing over 20 years service in the county.
Exterior view of the Lovat Arms, 1960s.
The Inverness Bar, Broomielaw.
Mr Alexander Fraser owner of the Lovat Arms, Yoker. 1935.
On the 10th of July 1909, a fire broke out late in the night. The damage was to the extent of £500. Mr Alexander Fraser was the publican at this time.
