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Charlie Parker’s.

January 16, 2017 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

96-96a Maxwell Street, Glasgow. G1 4EQ. Closed.

Charlie Parker’s. 1990s.

Charlie Parker’s in Maxwell Street was short lived compared with the original Charlie Parker’s in Exchange Square.

This pub changed it’s name to the Firework Factory.

Firework Factory. 1990s.

Update…2012.

I passed Maxwell Street today and noticed that this place had a name change “Forbidden” a Gentlemen’s Club, a facility for men with strippers, I say no more.

Forbidden. 2012.

Fury Murrys a fantastic nightclub was situated next door to Charlie Parker’s.

Fury Murrys.

Do you remember this Venue? If so please leave a comment.

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Fire Water

January 16, 2017 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

319 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. G2 3hw. Tel: 0141 354 0350.

Fire Water. 2006.

Fire Water has a new paint job.

Fire Water. 2008.

Finlay’s

January 16, 2017 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

135 Kilmarnock Road, Glasgow.

Finlay’s. 1991.

This was the site of Peter Fisher Ltd, an old paint shop specializing in wallpaper, paint and drysalters. Before that it was the famous Rogano Ltd.

Finlay’s.

January 16, 2017 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

230 Main Street, Cambuslang, Glasgow. G72 7EG. Tel: 0141 646 3411.

Finlay’s. 1991.

Finlay’s. 2006.

Ornate Stone Work and Crest of the past proprietor William Eadie.

Do you have any memories of this old Pub? If so please leave a comment.

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The Rubaiyat

January 16, 2017 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

94 Byres Road, Glasgow. G12 8TB. Tel: 01413411041.

Opened in the early 1950s by James Montgomery who formerly had licensed premises in Buchanan Street. The Rubaiyat was built on the site of Drummond’s Tea room.

The small circular cocktail bar “The Bowl of Night” has disappeared when it was refurbished in the 1980s. The locals protested when the interior was being destroyed and they even changed the name of the pub to Findlay’s, however the original etched mirror has survived and still hangs on the wall.

The Rubaiyat name has always confused the passer by many still cannot pronounce the name, over the years I have heard the name rubber rat, rubber yacht and many more such names. The students of nearby Glasgow University are quite familiar with the name, the poet Omar Khayyam’s masterpiece reads

“Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night, Has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight: And Lo! the hunter of the east has caught, The Sultan’s Turret in a noose of light,”

The pub was up for lease last month August 2005.

Exterior view of Finlay’s during the early 1990s.

The Rubaiyat. 2007.

The neon sign that once hung over the doorway of the Rubaiyat. 1953.

Fingal’s

January 16, 2017 by John Gorevan 1 Comment

221 Buchanan Street, Glasgow. G1 2JZ. Demolished.

Fingal’s. 1995.

Over the years this old pub has been known as Fingal’s, Corfu Bar, Lunar Seven and at the turn of the last century it was known as the Comedy Bar. To read the full history of this pub, check back soon for our second book.

The Corfu. 1980’s.

There has been licensed premises on this site since 1868.

The Scotch Corner. 1991.

One of the licensees’ Thomas Ritchie better known as Ritchie Thom.

Do you remember this old Pub? If so please leave a comment.