9-11 Jamaica Street, Glasgow.
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The Royalty Bar
144 Maryhill Road, Glasgow. G20 7QS. Tel: 01413321321.
Royalty Bar, photograph taken 1991.
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Royalty Ale House, August 2005.
The Royalty
143 West Nile Street, Glasgow.
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The Royalty
178 West Nile Street, Glasgow.
There were licensed premises on this site since at least 1854 occupied by William Coventry.
Robert Lightbody Galloway took over the licence in 1882. Mr Galloway was born in Maryhill in 1840, he met his wife Jessie, who came from Fife and set up home in New City Road where they had a family of three daughters and a son. The Galloway’s were fortunate enough to have a domestic servant Susan Johnstone helping them out around the house.
Robert also owned another pub at 126 New City Road not far from his place of business, this old pub became known in the 1950s as the Red Lion which sat at the corner of Rosehall Street.
Mr Galloway paid an annul rent of £95 to ex-spirit merchant Gray Edmiston for the premises on West Nile Street and £125 to Thomas Galloway for the premises on New City Road. When Robert passed away, trustee, Alexander Smart took over the licence for both public houses.
During the 1930s east end publican William Ralston of the Gartocher Bar, Shettleston Road had financial interests in the Royalty. The Royalty was demolished in the early part of the 1960s.
Licence Holders.
1960 Vera L L Brown.
1937 George L Leishman.
1919-1917 Alexander Home Cowan Smart.
1910-1882 Robert Lightbody Galloway.
1881 Thomas Galloway.
1880-1878 James Campbell.
1875 Mrs John Moffat.
1870-1866 John Moffat
1865 William Mair.
1864-1854 William Coventry.
The Royal
29-31 Glebe Street, Townhead, Glasgow.
The Royal. 1991.
There has been licensed premises on this site since 1849. The longest licensee to hold the certificate was William Smith, he took over the pub in 1851 and continued to serve the locals here till 1895.
Many Glasgow publican’s in Victorian times lived very close to their business, William and his wife Mary stayed in Stirling Road in the 1880s with their son David a shipbuilders clerk and their daughter Maggie who was still at school.
The licence was transferred to Mrs Mary Stirling Smith Munro in 1895, she sold the pub in 1910 along with her other establishment at 113 Springburn Road, many will remember this old pub as “Dougan’s.”Mary’s husband ran this pub from the 1880s.
William Collins took over the Glebe Street business in 1910 paying an annul rent of £70, his wife ran the pub after the Second World War.
The Royal Bar was taken over by Edward Lee, Funeral Director’s, who had premises in Glebe Street, Westmuir Street and St. Vincent Street. Edward Lee’s first pub was in Millroad Street before taking over the Royal Bar.
This well established hostelry was demolished in the early part of the 1990s along with the Manx Bar to make way for a car park.
The Lee family however got new premises across the road which is far bigger than the old pub. The name Lee is now above the doorway of the new pub which is on St. James Road.
The Lee 100 St James Road, Glasgow G4 0NS.
The Royal Oak
348 Nitshill Road, Glasgow. G53 7BT.
The Royal Oak.
left to right Mr B D Dougan, New Royal Oak, Nitshill, D M Ferguson, Mackinlay-McPherson, Mr W Byrne, Hawthorn Bar, Saracen Street, Mr G Maxwell, Scottish Brewers Ltd. 1962.
This old pub has been set on fire that any time it’s a wonder that it still stands.
Licence Holders.
1991 Sean McGillvary for Scottish & Newcastle Brewery.
1973-1968 Alexander Conn Falconer.
1960 Brian Dougan.
1937 George Quinn.
Owen (Owenie) McGee once owned this pub. Click here to read more about him and see a photo of Owen.