The Temperance (Scotland) Act was introduced in 1913, this gave the public the ability to hold local votes on if their area would allow alcohol licenses or not. The first of the votes started in 1920. How did the vote work? When the local area voted in the Temperance, they were given three choices: No […]
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Bona Fide Traveller
Up until the early 1900s, it was legal for publicans so serve a ‘bona fide traveller’ alcohol outside of the usual opening times that they had a license for. This sparked a lot of debate about what a bona fide traveller really was and who would qualify to wet their whistle. What is a bona […]
Paper Bottles, Better than Glass
During our research, we came across a brilliant article that described how they thought that glass bottles would be a thing of the past. Their vision was that paper bottles would take over and leave old glass bottles obsolete. The article Here are some excerpts from the article that is featured in the National Guardian […]
The New Publican
The year is 1906, Publicans are under stress from the Government, Churches and new Social Clubs opening throughout the country. A long lost book from J. George Luff, “The New Publican” gives us a personal view of a publican in these troubled times. “In placing my booklet, “The New Publican,” into the hands of the […]
Patsy Gallacher
Celtic Football Player. Mr Patrick “Patsy” Gallacher. 1935. The Scottish Football season kicked off on August 10th 1935 and to one licence holder the first day of the season had many memories-Patsy Gallacher, of the International Bar at Clydebank. I interviewed Patsy in the long airy bar, round which hung brightly painted footballs, historic souvenirs […]
Glasgow Shebeens
Shebeens. Pubs have played a big part in Glasgow’s history. The majority of Glasgow’s men would visit their local every day! As a result of this, there was many attempts to stop alcohol consumption. There has been bans on buying your friends a drink known as NO TREATING and there has been bans on alcohol […]