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The Anchorage Bar

October 22, 2016 by John Gorevan 1 Comment

243 Westmuir Street, Parkhead, Glasgow. G31. Now Demolished.

The Anchorage Bar, 1991.

This was known to the locals as low Worton’s after the owners name, high Worton’s was the Anchor Bar on the Gallowgate at Parkhead. Opened around 1910 by the Worton family.

The Anchorage Bar is now long gone. A new housing estate now occupies this site. A real gentleman Mr Tam Waters ran this pub for a few years before it was demolished. Mr Waters went on to successful run a pub in Balornock for years. The old mahogany bar survived until the late 1980s when the bar was gutted it closed shortly afterwards.

Facts…

Westmuir Street.
Had four public houses in 1919.

Anchor Bar

October 22, 2016 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

1401 Gallowgate, Glasgow. G31 4EX. Tel: 0141 554 8083.

The Anchor Bar, 1991.

There has been a pub here since at least 1847 when John Murray was trading from the old premises. John Worton took over the old business around 1880. Mr Worton had the old premises demolished in 1902 and a new tenement with a pub on the ground floor was erected in 1904. This pub was known by the locals as High Worton’s and John Worton’s other pub at 129 Westmuir Street was called Low Worton’s. The business stayed in the Worton family for over one hundred years.

John Worton was born in England around 1844, he lived with his wife Sarah, 2 sons and 4 daughters in the old pub at the corner of Ewing Place and Great Eastern Road now the Gallowgate. They were fortunate enough to have a domestic servant Liz who worked for the family for many years.

When the new pub was built in 1904 the family moved to Glencoe Villa in Shettleston.

The architects plan for the New Anchor Bar 1903.

A poor paint job of the Anchor Bar 2005.

Anchor Bar 2011.

Anchor Bar 2009.

To read more on the pubs on the Gallowgate read up & Doon the Gallowgate by John Gorevan. A copy can be bought for a few pounds at the Hielan Jessie on the Gallowgate or click here

Facts…

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The Alpen Lodge.

October 22, 2016 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

25 Hope Street, Glasgow. G2 6AB. Tel: 0141 204 1108.

The Alpen Lodge, 1991.

This is a great pub if you like heavy metal.

Opened in 1970 by Louis Evaristi.

This was originally a tobacconist’s run by James Hutton.

1990 license holder John Branney. I973 Louis Evaristi was landlord he also had the Alhambra in Waterloo Street.

Alpen Lodge, 2008.

Visit the Alpen Lodge Advert dated 1976.

Interior of the Alpen Lodge, image taken by Tobin Paterson 2018.

Facts…

In 1899 there was 12 pubs on Hope Street.

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The Allison Arms

October 20, 2016 by John Gorevan 1 Comment

718 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow. G41 2AA. Tel: 0141 423 1661.

Allison Arms, 1991.

Established in 1884, the first landlord was Charles Smith Gall, he was also famous in the city as an auctioneer and valuator, trading under the name of Charles Smith Gall & Co. in West Nile Street.

In 1898 George Scott took over the licence, George had another pub the Garrick Vaultsat the corner of Main Street and Rutherglen Road, Gorbals. Scott went bankrupt and James Denholm took over the business.

Mr George Scott, 1897.

Mr Denholm played a leading roll in the trade Defence Association when the area when dry in 1920, Denholm fought against the local veto campaign and nine months later the pubs were opened again. Another well known publican to hold the license for this pub was John Flynn, the Flynn family were well known in the licensed trade having the Springfield Vaults London Road and the Old Straw House Gallowgate, Parkhead.

Allison Arms, 1963.

The roughcast exterior stands out like a sore thumb, however this is a great local selling fine cask conditioned beers and holds a large number of single malt whiskies. The original U shaped bar still survives and so does the carved gantry. If you like looking at yourself in the mirror this pub has a cracker advertising William Younger’s ales.

Another well known publican to run this popular south side establishment was John Haxon jun, who was licensee during the 1930s and 40s.

Allison Arms, 2000.

Glasgow’s New President, 1970.

George Grier, third from the left, accepts chain of office from Donald MacLean. Watching are Peter Smith, Jack Gow, John Flynn, George Ramster, secretary, and Jimmy Milne, honorary member. 1970.

Left to right Mr & Mrs Thomas Flynn, Mrs John Flynn, Mrs J T Taylor, Mr A Gilbey, and Mr John Flynn. 1970.

Interior view of the Allison Arms. Do you know the lady behind the Bar.

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Interior view’s of the Allison Arms, 2013.

Facts…

Pollokshaws Road.
Had 18 pubs in 1919. In 1990 there were 12.

Pollokshaws went dry in 1920 during the local Veto campaign, 9 months later the pubs were once again opened, this was achieved by the members of the Trade Defence Association.

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The Alhambra Inn

October 20, 2016 by John Gorevan 3 Comments

31 Waterloo Street, Glasgow. G2 6BZ.

The Alhambra Inn, 1991.

The Alhambra Inn has been a landmark in the city centre for many years. After the Second World War this was a confectioners run by Mrs Helen Persichini. In the 1950s Louis Evaristi was trading here known as the Alhambra Vintry wine merchants. In 1970 a full public house licence was granted to Mr Evaristi. This pub has changed its name now to Rabbie Burns and the last time I walked by the pub was closed down. During the 1980s the Alhambra Inn was a popular bar, upstairs held many private functions and office parties.

Rabbie Burns Tavern as it is now called will never be opened as a pub again, the owners Creevy LLH has sold the pub to a private investor for over £625,000. It is destined for mixed retail. With the increasing accessibility requirements of the Disability Discrimination Legislation and the desire for open plan pubs, the pub is no longer suited for a public house.

Sadly the pub was demolished 2006. A new office block of flats will probably take it’s place.

In the News 1974…

Alhambra Inn brings touch of Nostalgia.

Alhambra Inn Advert from 1974.

There’s a new Alhambra for Glasgow, not the theatre, but a nostalgic reminder of it in the form of the recently opened Alhambra Inn at the corner of Waterloo Street and Wellington Street.

Under the personal supervision of the owner Mr. Louis Evaristi, who’s been catering for the Glasgow public on that same corner for the past 25 years, the Alhambra Inn is a bar restaurant with lots of atmosphere, the tasteful kind.

There’s the air of a theatre bar, it even has a rather grand panelled and carpeted staircase to the upper lounge with its adjoining bar-cum-waiting area for the small, intimate restaurant. If it seems different from most other bars once you’re inside, that’s probably because the interior decorators never got their hands on it. Mr. Evaristi’s family chose the lovely Sanderson paper, olive green Hessian walls, velvet curtains, and rich maple hardwood as well as the framed photographic reproductions of old Alhambra programmes and pages of newspaper advertisements which appeared at the opening of the theatre.

Lounge music

This long, L-shaped upper floor extends round the corner into the restaurant area, where there are large framed art nouveau style prints. Mr. Evaristi would like to have a piano bar, but so far hasn’t found a pianist. Groups appear in the lounge on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and it’s provided with a colour TV too, but if it’s a quiet drink and a candlelit meal you want, you won’t be disturbed.

Downstairs there’s a public bar with it’s own entrance, decorated in the same colour scheme as the main bar and restaurant upstairs, and with its own colour TV. The most striking feature of the public bar is a wall of blow-ups of an Alhambra concert programme surrounded by cartoons of Harry Lauder, one of which he drew himself.

The restaurant provides lunch from 11 a.m. on to about 2 p.m., or you can choose from the snack menu and eat anywhere in the bars. Dinner starts at 5 p.m. and last orders are taken at 9.40 p.m. Quarter gills are the bar measure, and there’s a good representative wine list.

Snack menu

The snack menu varies each day, and includes Scotch Pie for 12p or cold meat and salad for 35p to 40p , apple pie and custard 12p, and coffee with fresh cream also 12p. The business man’s lunch for 73p, including VAT, offers chilled fruit juices, soup, fish, steak pie and the like or cold dishes with salads such as pineapple and cheese, dessert or tea or coffee and biscuits.

The a la carte menu has a choice of about a dozen different main courses such as grilled T-bone steak for £1.70 or rainbow trout, £1, omelette 65p, several vegetables at 10p plus the usual starters and sweets. It’s a small dining room, so if you want to be sure of your meal it’s better to make reservations. An excellent chef, given enough notice will prepare anything special you would like, even a birthday cake, and the Inn is available for functions, stag parties and the like, on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

And yes, they do take luncheon vouchers.

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Alhambra Inn.
Was named after the Alhambra Theatre which stood close by, now long gone, only the eldest of us will remember it.

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Alfredo’s Bar

October 20, 2016 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

146 West Nile Street, Glasgow. G1 2RQ. Tel: 0141 564 1270.

Alfredo’s, 1991.

In 1988 Alfredo’s was the only bar to show a friendly football match between Italy and Scotland. The game was on the Italian channel Rai and Alfredo’s, being owned by the Italian Alfredo Lazzurri, had installed Italian television for himself and his fellow Italian customers.

The bar was full and, with a queue outside to get in, the Scottish newspaper the Daily Record turned up to interview Alfredo and the story was carried by the paper the next day. From this day onwards Alfredo’s became a place for Scottish people to come to watch live sports. It now has 15 screens and shows every game that is on terrestrial and Sky television. Several Sky boxes means all sports can be shown at the one time including athletics and golf.

Open for over 25 years Alfredo’s is well known for our quality served pints with over 5 awards for best pint as well as over 30 types of malt whisky including our malt of the month. We also serve traditional Scottish food using quality locally sourced ingredients. We’re excellent value for money so put us to the test and you’ll be pleasantly surprised!

Email: Alfredo’s. If you like a good pint of Tennents lager this is the pub to go for. Alfredo’s has won best pint of Tennents lager many time over. This may look like a small hardware store at first but when you enter there is a great atmosphere in this popular bar. Situated next to old Crocket’s the ironmongers I remember a lady and gent going through these doors looking for a galvanized mop bucket.