3 Bemersyde Avenue, Thornliebank, Glasgow. G43 1EN. Closed Down.
The Coach House Inn. 1991.
In 1990 Nora Shirlaw for Stakis PLC was the licensee.
The Coach House. 2009.
The Coach House is now missing the “Inn” at the end.
Update…2010.
The Coach House Inn is now closed down.
Update…2014.
The pub is now gone and a restaurant is now here called the Curry on the hill.
In the News 1971…
City Pub Boss Coshed, Robbed of £1,000.
A Glasgow public house manager was coshed and robbed of nearly £1000 in an early morning attack at the weekend. The manager, 52 year old Allan MacDonald, of Fastnet Street, Cranhill, Glasgow, was taken to the Victoria Infirmary, where he had nine stitches in head wounds.
Mr MacDonald, with three of his staff, had taken a taxi from The Coach House at 3 Bemersyde Avenue, Pollokshaws, to lodge the money in the night safe there. The three staff members remained in the taxi while the manager walked the short distance to the bank.
He had almost reached it when a man appeared out of the darkness and coshed him from behind. As Mr MacDonald fell, the raider snatched the money bag and ran. The taxi driver, who noticed the man running and guessed what had happened, gave chase with his horn sounding and lights blazing. He had to brake suddenly, however, when the road stopped at permanent obstruction posts.
As the taxi slowed up two of the staff leaped out and renewed the chase, but they lost the thief in the darkness.
Footnone – In July, 1966 three Glasgow men, Walter Scott Ellis, Alexander McIntyre, and John Neeson, were jailed for a total of 59 years at the High Court in Glasgow for a raid on the same bank. During the £20,000 raid the assistant manager and a teller were injured by gunshots.
Do you remember this Public House? If so please leave a comment.
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T. Nelson says
Saturdays with my dad. A few pints then Ibrox. Happy days. We lived in Hillside Road. Good area and a good pub. T. NELSON.
Alex McIntyre says
Sadly, my old man was one of those that did the bank job!
Ian says
In the ’60s there was a group who provided live music there. Their version of Great Balls of Fire sounded just like Jerry Lee Lewis. Anyone remember their name? My pals and I were weekly regulars for a while.