31 Ashton Lane, off Byres Road, Glasgow. G12 8SJ. Tel: 0141 572 1446.
Vodka Wodka is one of the trendy bars in Aston Lane. It was opened by Alan Tomkins in November 2001. If you like Vodka this is the place to go. It also serves beers, whisky and wine.
97-103 West George Street, Glasgow. G1. Tel: 0141 226 2441.
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Elder Street, Govan.
Seven Years for a Pub hold-up.
How a Glasgow Public House manager was threatened with an open razor and put the safety of his 13 year old son in danger. At the High Court in Glasgow 1970, Lord Cameron, the judge, heard how Mr Doherty (31), an unemployed hairdresser at no settled address, and another man armed with a razor and held up the manager and his son and robbed the safe.
Doherty was sentenced to seven years imprisonment.
Doherty admitted that on October 1969 and an unknown person assaulted the manager Mr Kay in the Vine Bar, 22 Elder Street, Glasgow and struck him with a wooden baton and struck him down, threatened him with an open razor and threatened to kill him. He also admitted placing Mr Kay and his son in great danger and robbing him of six bottles of whisky and £60.
Mr John McCluskey, Advocate-deputy stated that Mr Kay opened the pub at 9am with his son. Mr Kay answered a knock on the door because he expected employees. Mr Doherty and an unknown man confronted him with pieces of wood. They forced him and his son into the public bar and committed the assault.
When son David tried to intervene but was stopped because the accused and the other man threatened Mr Kay with an opened razor.
Lord Cameron said to Mr Doherty ‘you took part in a deliberate raid on a public house, threatened Mr Kay and his son with a lethal weapon and robbed him. Fortunately the razor was not used.
York Street, Glasgow.
The Video Drome established 1987 closed 1991.
This popular night club was once competition for Henry Africas which was almost next door, however Henry Africas seemed a more popular venue.
The Video Drome had which seemed to be hundreds of TV monitors all over the place. It was formerly the Big Apple amusement arcade.
49 Main Street, Rutherglen, Glasgow. G73.
The Vogue. 1991.
Update November 2009…
The Vogue Bar. 2009.
The Vogue has had a make over, thanks to Norrie McNamee for this image.
327 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. G2. Tel: 0141 442 6789.
The Viva. 2005.
312 Clyde Street, Glasgow.
Vintners. 1991.
There has been licensed premises here since 1845. Wholesale Wine & Spirit Merchant Arthur B McLachlan traded here until 1868.
The title above the doorway was Custom House Vaults for many years until 1881 when Melville Fraser of the St. Mungo Vintners Company took over the building. He changed the name to St. Mungo Vintners Company.
Alexander Fraser the founder of the business had premises in Queen Street and Argyle Street trading as a Wine Importer, Wholesale Spirit and Malt Liquor Merchant. His son Melville Fraser expanded the business opening new premises at 9 Queen Street, Dumbarton Road, Argyle Street, Norfolk Street and licensed grocers business in St. Vincent Place. The old pub in Argyle Street was an institution known by the name of His Lordships Larder, which ran into Adam’s Court Lane off St. Enoch Square.
Melville Fraser died in 1917 at which times Alexander Gladstone became trustee, manager and licensee of St. Mungo Vintners.
The Vintners, Clyde Street. 1930s.
Another Alexander Fraser became licensee and chairman and manager of St. Mungo Vintners in 1925. He was born in 1890, educated in Whitehill School, and was destined for the legal profession but instead joined the staff of Steel, Coulson & Co. as understudy to his father who was cashier with the firm, he later became a director of the firm. During the First World War Alexander joined the Artistes Rifles and was afterwards commissioned to the Black Watch and served as an officer in the 4/5th, receiving the Military Cross for his gallant work.
Mr Fraser took a keen interest in the catering and the promotion of catering education. He was president of the Glasgow Restaurateurs and Hotelkeeper’s Association and was the first chairman of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch of the Caterers Association, he was also a member of the committee of the Scottish branch of the Hotel & Catering Institute. He was also a member of the Progressive Party and entered into Glasgow Town Council by winning a bye-election in Blythswood Ward a position he held for three years. He played a leading part in the Former Pupils Club of his old school and was a member of the Queen’s Park Football Club.
Clyde Street during the 1960s with Vintners in the background.
He was a member of other institutions including the Incorporation of Cordiners, Trades House Masonic Lodge no. 1241, St. Mungo Vintners Golf Club, and of the old course Ranfurly Club, president of the Cosmopolitan Club and trustee of the Penny Savings Bank and a member of the Calton Parish Church.
Mr Fraser died in 1956 aged 66 years, he left his wife and three daughters. Robert McLean then became director and manager of the company which consisted of the Clyde Street and the Queen Street premises.
The Queen Street premises closed down in 1974 and the interior fittings and bar counter were dismantled and removed to the United States. The Clyde Street premises survived well into the 1980’s, it became a well known gay pub and closed down in the 1990s and demolished a few years ago.
Left to right Robert McLean, St. Mungo Vintners, A McCrae, Mac’s Place, Bridgeton and J Roberts, Market Inn, Whitburn at the Scottish Benevolent function 1963.
Alexander Fraser 1890-1956.
61 Kilmarnock Road, Shawlands, Glasgow. G41 3YR. Tel: 0141 649 2745.
The Village. 1991.
1190 Maryhill Road, Maryhill, Glasgow, G20. Tel: 01419456195.
The Viking Bar. 1991.
Read the full history of this popular Maryhill pub by visiting back soon for our second book.
The Viking Bar. 2005.
675-679 Gallowgate, Glasgow.
The Victory Bar. 1970’s.
The old Victory Bar on the right hand side of the photograph was founded in 1861 by William McNicol. In 1873 John McNicol took over the running of the business, he had another pub on the Gallowgate at number 539, many will still remember this old pub as the Crest Bar also known as the Grant Arms.
John McNicol sold the Victory Bar in 1921 as he was now retiring at the age of 70 years, the pub was taken over by Peter McGonigle, he also ran the Regal Bar, Gallowgate now the Hielan Jessie, Peter died a few months after taking over the Victory Bar. As a result of his death his wife Mary had to run the two pubs and look after her young family of five children, the eldest was 14 and the youngest was only 1 year old.
Mary found it to very hard to run the two pubs, probably as a result of dishonest staff and trying to look after her young family, she sold the business in 1923 to John Mohan for a massive £950.00. John ran a successful business for the next 20 years.
After the Second World War the pub was run by Alexander M Fleck until the 1960’s, the last publican to run the Victory before it was finally demolished due to the redevelopment in the Gallowgate in 197’0 was Mr M Allan.