15 Millbrawe Road, Glasgow South Side. G42 9UA. Closed Down.
Agenda Bar & Restaurant, 2007.
Agenda was short lived and is now a Tesco Extra.
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The Auctioneers.
6 North Court, off St. Vincent Place, Glasgow. G1 2DP. Tel: 0141 222 2989.
The Auctioneer Bar & Diner. 2008.
Formerly McTear’s Auction sale-room. This large bar diner could easily be passed as it is situated just off St. Vincent Place.
The Auctioneer. 2019.
Bar interior. 2019.
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Abercorn Bar
26 Abercorn Street, Glasgow.
Interior view of the Abercorn Bar.
The Abercorn Bar sat at the corner of Abercorn Street and 48 Burnside Street. There has been a public house on this site since 1868. The first licensee was a gentleman called James McPhee, he was no stranger to the licensed trade as he acquired his first licence in 1850 at 6 Brunswick Place. Three years later he was a wine & spirit merchant trading at 83 South Wellington Street, also living on the premises.
In 1863 James had another certificate to sell wines and spirits at 3 Florence Street, Gorbals. James had family members in the licensed trade, Archibald had premises at 70 Abbotsford Place, Hugh was trading at 2 Rutherglen Road.
In 1868 James was trading at 26 Abercorn Street and 3 Florence Street, living at 158 Cumberland Street. A few years later Mr James McPhee was serving the locals at Abercorn Street, 3 Florence Street and 256 London Road in the east end of the city.
Business was booming by the 1870s as James moved house with his wife to 76 Buccleuch Street. Hugh McPhee was trading at 145 Bernard Street.
Mr James McPhee sadly passed away in 1875, his wife Isabella then took over the running of the business. Isabella was running the business successfully until 1886 when her son James McPhee took over the licence’s, by this time he was running Abercorn Street and London Road. James continued in this position till 1898.
His brother John then took over the same year, giving up the pub on London Road to concentrate fully on the Abercorn Street shop and 145 Bernard Street which he took over after Hugh McPhee in 1907. The London Road pub became known as the Tap Bar. John continued at Abercorn Street until 1923.
Other licensee were C J Durken, Angus McDonald, Donald Crerar, Michael McGonigle, Titus Neeson. In 1953 James Millan took over the pub. Mr James Millan was a well-known and respected member of the Scottish Licensed Trade also having the Arcade Bar at Wemyss Street.
James Millan, 1950s.
James Millan, 1960s.
James Millan, cartoon by Coia, 1950s.
After James Millan, William Walker then took over then his wife Margaret took over the licence. The Walker’s changed the name of the pub to the Royal Bar. Margaret was the last licensee before the pub was demolished in the 1960s.
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Facts…
Manager of the Abercorn Bar was a gentleman called John Donnelly from 1947 1954 on behalf of James Millan. John then left to manage Burtons at the corner of Union Street and Argyle Street.
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ABC1 Cinema
Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.
An added attraction for cinema-goers is now open at ABC1 in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow in the shape of a new bar for patrons of the cinema.
But it is not just an ordinary bar, this one is installed with circuit television monitors.
Engineer Jack Graham tells me, “this means that patrons can follow what is on the big screen and either finish their drinks and snacks at leisure or know just when to return to their seats.”
Those who are long in the cinematographic tooth will recall well that the ABC 1 used to be called the Regal. Well the new bar is sited on the top floor of what used to be the old Regal restaurant.
Mrs May Mackie, who is in charge of the bar, says that the new closed circuit screens make life a lot easier for herself and staff, other wise she would be answering questions about the programme all the time.
Manager Alan Dale tells me that as far as he knows the ABC complex is the first in Scotland to provide this facility. “One of the partners in the firm of contractors who built the bar, Jack Wallace, is just back from North America where he saw monitors of this type actually installed outside the cinema.” said Alan.
Which makes you wonder why people bother paying to get inside! There is nothing modern about the decor in the new room. It was designed by Mr Dale himself. The theme is an old stableyard surrounded by an inn, the bar counter, and the innkeeper’s house. Across a low central wall is the coachman’s house, with an enormous canopied fireplace.
“The old restaurant had enormous arched windows which we didn’t want to alter,” said Mr Dale, “so I decided this theme would be in keeping with them.” Much admired by patrons, I’m told, are the leaded-glass bow windows of the “innkeeper’s house” which looks on to interiors specially painted for the new bar by Mr Henry Hellier, head of the interior design department of Glasgow School of Art.
The bar sells “practically everything,” being a free house and opens from 6 p.m. to 9.30.
Alexander McKenzie’s Vaults
339-41 Gairbraid Street, Maryhill, Glasgow.
Mr Alexander McKenzie. 1892.
339-41 Gairbraid Street was later 991-99 Maryhill Road at Oran Street.
Many of the older generation will remember this old pub as McKenzie’s which was then renamed the Cabar Feidh and old Scots gaelic word meaning Stag’s Head.
The Cabar Feidh. with the Orange Walk passing the premises.
Alexander McKenzie was born in Blair Athol. In 1875 he came to Glasgow and started work in MacRae’s Hotel in Bath Street, after 2 years service he was promoted to the famous Caledonian Hotel in Oban. He missed the city life and came back to Glasgow to work for Mr Stewart in Gairbraid Street, Maryhill where he prospered from shopman to manager then to partner then sole proprietor. Alexander had his own blend of scotch whisky called “Caba Feidh” which was very popular with the locals of this old established Maryhill local. Mr McKenzie was a member of several societies, an ardent Free Mason, a burgess of Glasgow and a member of the Trades’ House, an Anderston Weaver, a Forester, a member of the Kelvin dock Curling and Maryhill Bowling Clubs as well as an honorary member of the Dumbartonshire Mounted Rifle Volunteers. He was a crack shot and was fond of angling.
In 1899 Maryhill had 21 pubs in it’s ward and from Celtic Street the top end of Maryhill to St. George’s Cross there was 31 pubs.
In 1888 there was a court case against Alexander McKenzie and Hugh Tennent, Brewery.
A small dept action was tried in the Glasgow Sheriff Court last month before Sheriff Spens, at the instance of John Graham, 212 West George Street, Glasgow, for the trustees of Hugh Tennent & Co., Wellpark Brewery, Cambuslang, against Alexander McKenzie, spirit merchant, Gairbraid Street, Maryhill, concluding for a sum of £10.00, being the value of a large mirror show card, which was the property of the said firm of Hugh Tennent & Co., and was alleged to have been left with McKenzie’s predecessor in the business for business purposes, and which he now refuses to deliver or give up, although repeatedly asked to do so.
Mr Thomas J Smillie, of Smillie & Blyth, writers, Glasgow, appeared for the defender, and stated as a preliminary objection that Graham had no right to sue in the name of the trustees of Hugh Tennent & Co., and also stated as a defence on the merits that the show card had been given in a present to McKenzie’s predecessor, and that they were not now entitled to demand restitution of it. The Sheriff, after hearing the pursuer, gave effect to Mr Smillie’s first contention and dismissed the action.
Facts…
Gairbraid Street is now Maryhill Road.
1973-1966 Robert McBride, for Alexander McKenzie.
1960 Kenneth McKenzie.
1937 Neil McKenzie.
1919 – 1894 George Brownhill for Alexander McKenzie’s trustees.
1893-1888 Alexander McKenzie.
A Jardine
360 Scotland Street, South Side, Glasgow.
The pub shown here was once owned by renowned Wine and Spirit Merchant Andrew Jardine. Shields Road Underground on the left looks so much different now, anyone from that time would not recognise the station.
There has been licensed premises on this site since 1874 and first opened as a licensed Grocers business (Off Sales) owned by Mr W D Prickard. In 1877 Hugh McKinnon acquired a full public house certificate for the premises and was successfully run by each publican that owned it. Like many other publican, Mr McKinnon lived just a short distance from his place of business at 334 Scotland Street.
The licence was taken over by Robert Stewart on 19th August 1884 and served the locals here until around 1905.
Andrew Jardine took over in 1907 and lived at Annan House, Maryhill.
Mr Jardine was a well known and respected publican having premises at 687 Garscube Road better known now as “The Star & Garter” and a small pub at 190 Gairbraid Street, Maryhill. Mr Jardine resided at Wilton Street, Maryhill before moving to Milton Cottage, Maryhill.
Mr Andrew Jardine.
Andrew Jardine was born in Applegarth, near Lockerbie, he came to Glasgow at an early age with his parents and received his education at Henderson Street Public School, afterwards at Larbert. On leaving school he entered the services of Duncan Walker, wine merchant on Hope Street, two years later he joined the staff of Mr Campbell, Cowcaddens. His next move was with well known and respected publican Thomas Reid, working in the firms Garscube Road premises, Jardine worked hard and secured the position of Manager for thirteen years only leaving to take over his own pub at 687 Garscube Road.
The name of his new pub was then The Thistle Bar, he installed all the best liquor including McEwan’s draught 90s Edinburgh Ale, he also had his own whisky called “Captain’s Blend.” Jardine went on to own another pub at 360 Scotland Street. He was involved with the licensed trade and became secretary of the College and Maryhill Divisions of the Trade Defence Association.
In his spare time he would cycle to the country, he was also a football fan of the Jags and was fond of Scotch terriers, he was also a bird fancier, in 1896, with eight birds, he won eighteen prizes at one show, including the cup, the following year, although losing the cup by one point he carried off sixteen prizes with seven of his feathered friends.
Andrew Jardine had the public house until 1912.
A few other publicans took over the pub including Peter Mulhern, J Hilloch before Lawrence Brady another well- known and respected Glasgow Publican.
Lawrence Brady named all his public houses “The Shandon Bell’s”, he had premises at 115 Abercromby Street, 652 Argyle Street now “the Buttery” and 360 Scotland Street.
One of the next license holder for the premises was George Campbell he bought the pub from his cousin Angus MacDonald around 1947 not long after the Second World War. Mr MacDonald went on to build the MacDonald Hotel in the South Side of the city.
Mr Campbell discovered the old photograph at the top of the page in an old drawer in the office of the pub. George continued to run the pub until around 1953. The pub was then taken over by the West of Scotland Taverns Ltd and was demolished in the early 1970s.
Mr George Campbell’s son kindly sent me emails over the last few weeks about his families interests in some of Glasgow’s best known pubs.
“My Grandfather Partick McKay who came from Co. Antrim in 1906 to take up an apprentiship as a barman in Tennent’s, Byres Road. By the time he retired in the 1950’s he had three pubs, The Camp Bar, The Theatre Royal Bar and another in Maryhill ( The Black Bull) maybe. His son Robert took over the Camp Bar and son Denis the one in Maryhill.
The Gorbals was where my dad’s cousin Angus MacDonald started out and he soon built up a substantial business empire including the Chancellor, Mallatsheugh, Black Bull hotel, Milngavie, the Bath hotel and possibly the Railway Inn in Busby and the Eglinton Arms in Eaglesham. His sons Angus would later return there to the Cross Keys which he owned for many years until his early death.
Angus brought his brothers John and Val into the business was well as my father who was given a job in the Black Bull after recovering from T.B. caught whilst in the Police Force. Angus told my father he’d bought a pub in his name The Shandon Bells. Angus also helped Francis Campbell set up in the Snaffle Bit. His two sons Ewen and Colin sold the pub to Belhaven not that long ago.
Mr Campbell when on to say that the Shandon Bells was a Whalers pub and patronised by the work force at the engineers Howdens just across the street.”
Cheers Mr George Campbell…