Q

Quin’s Bar

March 15, 2017 by John Gorevan 5 Comments

726-728 Springburn Road, Glasgow.

Quin’s Gushet Bar sat at the bottom of Balgrayhill Road, Springburn.

To read the full history of this popular Springburn howff Click Here to hear about our second book.

Queens

March 15, 2017 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

103 Queen Elizabeth Square, Gorbals, Glasgow.

Queens Bar. 1991.

Opened in 1972 when the Gorbals had it’s first face-lift, licensee Walter Johnston must have been so proud of this brand new public house in a new housing scheme with high rise flats all around him.

Before the pub was demolished James Clancy was licensee, the Clancy family had pub all over the city at one time, during the 1960s and 70s James and John ran the Scotia Bar on London Road at the corner of Fraser Street, Vincent Clancy ran the Carnarvon Bar, St. George’s Road and John ran the Laurieston on Bridge Street.

In the 1960s there was Patrick Clancy who occupied pubs in Sauchiehall Street, Govan Road and Elder Street, while James ran a pub on North Woodside Road.

The Queen’s Bar is now demolished, it was flattened just like the high flats and shops to make way for the new Gorbals housing estate which looks fantastic.

Licence Holders.

1991 James Clancy.

1972 Walter Johnston.

Queens Park Cafe

March 15, 2017 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

530 Victoria Road, Glasgow. G42.

Queens Park Cafe. 1991.

There has been a pub on this site since 1870. Landlord John A McArthur occupied the premises until the middle of the 1870s, his wife Margaret then took control of the business after his death until 1885, when she sold the pub to Alexander Sutherland.

Mr Sutherland was fortunate enough to own the property and renamed the pub to Queen’s Park Cafe in the 1890s as this was the peak of the temperance movement. As the pub was situated in an exclusive part of the south side with tenements filled with ladies and gentlemen of the city, the pub was a target by the temperance movement and was under threat of closure. Mr Sutherland like many other city publican added the title Cafe to their premises.

Gilmour’s Oatmeal Stout was a specialty at Queen’s Park Cafe during the early part of the 1900s. After nearly 30 years trading in this pub, the Sutherland family sold it at the beginning of the First World War to Alexander Graham Harper. The Harper family continued in this pub until the 1960s. David Houston then took over as licensee until the late 1970s.

This popular south side local is still going strong, the late Mr Mark McManus of Taggart fame, the Scottish Television detective series drank here for years and regarded this as his local.

Licence Holders.

1978-1967 David Houston.

1960 M Harper.

1950 Jessa McFeat Jones Williamson for the late Jessie Harper.

1937 Jessie M F Harper.

1920-1914 Alexander Graham Harper.

1914-1886 Alexander Sutherland.

1885-1880 Mrs Margaret McArthur.

1875-1870 John A McArthur.

Other Victoria Road Pubs…

Calder the. 349

Depot the. 78

McNee’s. 275-79

Nickie Tams. 500-510

O’Donnell’s. 500-510

Old Vic. 500-510

Pandora. 349

Victoria Bar the. 400

The Quarter Gill

March 15, 2017 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

42 Oswald Street, Glasgow.

Quarter Gill. 1991.

There has been a pub on this site since 1870, spirit dealer James Tennent lived just around the corner in Ann Street. Two years later the pub was owned by Thomas Kirkham , the name above the door was Kirkham’s Bar with wine & spirits at each side of his name.

Thomas Kirkham was born in England in 1830 at an early age he joint the forces and fought in the Indian Mutiny. He met his wife Margaret in Barbados, West Indies. They had 8 children Matthew the eldest was born in Tyzebad, Thomas and Jessie were both born in Sutapore and Mary Jane was born in Kussarolie, East Indies. When they settled in Glasgow they had another four children Margaret, Annie, James and Arthur.

Thomas took over the pub in Oswald Street in 1872 trading here until his death in 1917, he was then residing in Kent Avenue, Jordanhill. His son Thomas George Kirkham then took over as trustee, he had the most experience in the licensed trade as he ran 2 pubs of his own in Ingram Street and West Campbell Street. When his father died he left no estate except £1000 and his pub which was quite a lot of money in those days, his two unmarried daughters were solely dependent upon the business.

Thomas jun later disposed of the pubs in West campbell Street and Ingram Street and took over another in Paisley Road at the corner of Pollok Street. He continued to hold the licence for Oswald Street until 1939.