517 Gallowgate, Glasgow. Former Women’s President Dies. In August 1970, Mrs Margaret Dick former President of the Glasgow and District Women’s Auxiliary Group (Licensed Trade), died in a Renfreweshire hospital. Mrs Dick, wife of the late Mr Robert Dick, retired from the trade towards the end of 1966 after holding for 16 years the […]
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D. F. Sunter’s Vaults – Alexander, Allan
13 Old Wynd, off the Trongate, Glasgow. Mr Alexander Allan. 1893. In the Old Wynd, off the Trongate, round which centre’s many historical associations and grim stories of a bygone age, there was one of the oldest taverns in Glasgow. At the end of the 1800s it was known as the Waverley Bar, owned […]
Jeanie Deans
1-3 Govan Road, Kinning Park, Glasgow. Note the striking mural of the Jeanie Deans on the wall of the gantry. Seated is model Diana Broadley posing for the photographer. 1970. In the News Jeanie Deans 1970… If you were one of the thousands of Glaswegians who spent many happy hours gliding down the Clyde […]
John Divers
200-202 New City Road, Glasgow. John Divers was a musical man and a professional baritone, several members of his family were also talented musicians. His son John Bradley Divers who assisted him in the running of the bar was an accomplished pianist and a teacher of music, his qualifications being L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M and A.T.C.L. […]
The Dunrobin
145 George Street, Glasgow. Interior view of the Dunrobin. 1947. To read the full history of the Dunrobin Click here. Thanks to Gavin L Cutler for the following email… Hi John, I just found your site and was browsing old haunts from when I was a post grad student in Glasgow. I was at Strathclyde […]
Dunchattan Arms
247 Duke Street, Glasgow. Duke Street with the Dunchattan Arms on the left hand side. There has been a public house on this site since the 1860s. Spirit merchant Thomas Stewart was proprietor then. In 1875 well known wine and spirit merchant James Dewar was licensee, he also had pubs at 48 Commerce Street, 227 […]