291-93 Main Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow. The interior of the Shawfield Bar early 1980s. The Japanese are responsible for the introduction of the Karaoke machine. While years gone by the locals here may have had a wee singsong or one of the locals played a tune on the ivories. By the 1980s Karaoke, Japanese for “empty […]
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Shaw’s Bar.
75 Main Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow. G40 1QB. Closed Down. Shaw’s Bar. 1991. This very old Bridgeton bar has closed it’s door many times in recent years. There was a pub on this site in 1849 occupied by publican Joseph Porter. Over the years many publicans have come and gone, some of them staying longer than […]
The Scotsman
94 Main Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow. G40 1HD. Tel: 01415548275. The Scotsman. 1991. Situated at the corner of Main Street and Tullis Street, The Scotsman has been a Bridgeton landmark since the 1870s. Before the tenement building was erected there was a pub here occupied in the 1870s by a lady called Sarah Muir. In 1897 […]
The Anne Bar
147 Main Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow. This old pub was also known as the International Bar. Main Street in Bridgeton was once a great shopping area in the East End of the City. Pub too were plentiful, and at one time there was 27 Public Houses on Main Street alone. There has been a pub on […]