5 Scott Street, Glasgow. G3 6RJ. off Sauchiehall Street. Demolished.
The Cotton Club. 1991.
This was a favourite night club during the 1980s and 90’s owned by John Quigley. It was a nightmare getting up this hill during winter evenings, it wasn’t to bad leaving the premises as you would just slide downhill into Sauchiehall street when you had a bit to much to drink.
The Cotton Club was once the place to be and young disco goers queued up Scott Street to get in.
Cotton Club. All the people that queued to get in seen this bright yellow canopy above the doorway.
In the 1960s and early 1970s this was once the well-known Maryland Nightclub.
In the News 1971…
Mystery Blaze Wrecks Dance Club.
Firemen battled for seven hours with a blaze in Glasgow’s Maryland Dance Club, Scott Street, at Sauchiehall Street, early today.
As firemen fought the blaze from turntable ladders, Sauchiehall Street was closed to traffic.
Furniture destroyed
The alarm was raised just after midnight when the fire broke out in the attic above the club. At the height of the blaze, flames rose 100ft in the air and it was not until 8.0 a.m. that the firemen were in control. The dancing area of the club and most of the furnishings were destroyed by smoke and water.
A Fire Brigade spokesman said later that the cause of the fire was unknown. “Fortunately the club was not open last night,” he said.
Interior of the Maryland after the fire. 1971.
A few years later the Maryland closed and a refurbishment got under way to make this Nightclub “Maestro’s.
Maestro’s grand opening 1975.
Maestro’s Club advert 1976.
Maestro’s advert 1976.
Maestros Disco advert 1977.
Update…2008.
The once famous Cotton Club is now closed, however a new bar called CCA now sits at number 3 Scott Street just next door to where the Cotton Club used to stand.
CCA. 2008.
Update…2019.
There is no Nightclub here anymore. It looks like there is a new building where the Cotton Club used to sit.
Do you remember this old Nightclub? If so please leave a comment.
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Carrie says
I frequented maestros in the very early 1980’s. Earlier it had been the mod movement, where we would frequent The Rooster in Glassford Street. Then, everybody who was anybody, would go to Maestros. It was difficult for people who had just heard about it to get in, as it was usually just us regulars that went there every week. Everybody knew each other, the music was great, dj’s like Gordon Lyle, who sadly passed shortly, after moving to the US, and Billy Hislop Many celebs of the day would turn up if they were in town, nobody bothered with them, never ever saw a fight break out in the years I went there, it was all about the music and the fashion. I still have a Maestros playlist on my phone when I get nostalgic for back home, I currently live in Canada. I’d love to connect with anybody that has memories