14-16 West George Street, Glasgow. G2 1 PS. Tel: 0141 332 9724.
The Junction 2008.
This bar has had a few name changes over the years. It was one of the first pubs in the city to have a none smoking policy, it was named appropriately as the Phoenix Bar. It was then changed to Edward’s Bar then the Junction.
95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow. G2 7J2. Tel: 0141 229 5480.
Edward G Wylie. 2008.
Edward G Wylie. 2008.
Edward G Wylie. 2008.
12 Bridge Street, Glasgow.
J Eadie, photograph taken 1930.
This old Glasgow pub was established in 1860 by spirit merchant Kenneth Davidson, he only occupied the premises for a little over two years before Andrew McWilliam took over the running of the pub. Andrew McWilliam was a prominent city wine & spirit merchant having premises at 570 Rutherglen Road, 4 Clyde Place, 12 Bridge Street, 16-18 Maxwell Street and 64 East Howard Street, 46 South Coburg Street, 16-18 Canon Street and 382 Argyle Street.
The Bridge Street public house stayed in the family until 1939, John Eadie then took over the pub, he owned licensed premises at 418 Rutherglen Road, 69 Eglinton Street, 171 Watt Street, 84 Caledonia Road and 71 West Scotland Street.
The Bridge Street premises were closed down around 1940.
2 Hilton Road, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow.
The Eagle Lodge.
The Eagle Lodge has a wonderful restaurant called Oregano.
Mr Emil Bernard. 1970.
Mr Bernard, managing director of the Eagle Lodge, Bishopbriggs, displays American chef matchbook. The best thing about having a small item collection in you bar is that the customers often get so interested they become volunteer collectors.
This is what happens to Mr Emil Bernard, who since started his collection of Matchbook covers about a dozen years ago, has had it augmented many times by customers and friends.
One regular of his roadhouse, opened in 1958 by Mr & Mrs Thomas Smart, who also ran the Crow Tavern in Bishopbriggs, brought back a batch of matchbook covers from all the ports he had visited while on a world cruise.
Now Mr Bernard’s collection runs to hundreds around the walls of the Lodge’s American cocktail bar, but his total at one time amounted to 6000, although it dropped sharply when 2000 were cleaned out once.
His favourite matchbook, and the most valuable is one from New York’s Restaurant Longchamps chain in which each match represents a chef, and its white head being the traditional cook’s cap, and carries a slogan.
Emil’s other favourites are also North American, which he thinks produces the best matchbooks, with Sweden and South Africa next, such as the 18 inch one turned out in the United States for an English seaside resort and the New Jersey restaurant which produce Christmas covers like Santa Claus example shown in the above image.
He also has a 24 inch long Canadian matchbook, the longest in the world, it is reckoned. Although born near Prague, Czechoslovakia, Emil Bernard considers himself a Pole, like his father, and served throughout the war in the Polish Merchant Navy.
After the war he married a Scots girl and started work in catering here at Peebles Hydro, then Glasgow’s 101 restaurant, Hope Street and Central Hotel, where he also collected quite a few celebrities like U.S. stars Frank Sinatra, Billy Daniels and Frankie Laine.
In the News 1974…
The Eagle Lodge, Bishopbriggs, was the venue recently for a happy occasion when the staff and customers entertained a party of 85 old folk from Bishopbriggs, Auchinairn and Kirkintilloch areas, who were conveyed to the premises by customers’ cars. 1974.
1046 Argyle Street, Glasgow. G3 8LY.
To find out the history of this old pub, check back soon for our second book.
Stuart and May Lochray owned this great pub from around 1986. Before this Andy Lynch Celtic Football fame owned the pub and renamed the pub to Lynch’s Bar. Stuart and May moved on around 1990, when the pub became the Berkeley Bar. Today the pub is known as the Neighbourhood a more trendy pub than it’s previous counterparts.
This was once known as the Berkeley Bar.
More on the Berkeley Bar coming soon.
In the News 1972…
Three jailed for city pub Fracas.
Three men were jailed at the High Court in Edinburgh today after a fight in a Glasgow city centre public house which led to a barmaid being permanently disfigured. Anthony Newlands (31) of no fixed address, was jailed for five years, and Andrew Jasper (36), c/o 198 North Woodside Road, Glasgow, and Robert McCann (21), of 29 Dorset Street, Anderston got three months each.
Lord Cameron told Newlands “You have been convicted of an extremely serious assault upon an unfortunate woman who apparently intervened to stop a fight and disturbance which had been initiated by you and your companions.” He said Newlands was given to violence and had 14 previous convictions.
Tumblers, bottles
Newlands alone was charged with slapping Walter Munn on the face in the Berkeley Bar, Argyle Street, on November 20. All three were accused of fighting in the bar, and throwing tumblers, bottles and chairs. All three were also charged with assaulting barmaid Mary Bauge by hitting her on the face with a bottle to her severe injury and permanent disfigurement, and assaulting Daniel Malone by hitting him with a chair.
Advocate-depute W. I. Stewart, Q.C., said all three entered the bar about 6 o’clock, Newlands had previously been told not to return and the barmaid, Mr Munn, told him they were not to be served. They left but returned about two hours later and started a fight.
The barmaid tried to stop this when she was hit with a bottle. A large cut on the face needed 20 stitches, while several stitches also had to be inserted on her forehead.
2012…
The Neighbourhood Bar 2012. Cheers Norrie.
2015…
The pus is now known as the Neighbourhood, a more trendier bar than it’s former counterparts.
The Neighbourhood Bar 2015.
53-61 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow. G11 6PD. Tel: 0141 334 3301.
Exchequer. 1991
This old pub was built on the site of John Black’s old public house in 1900. Philip MacSorley a well known Glasgow publican commissioned architects Clarke & Bell to design his new art nouveau saloon bar.
Philip MacSorley started out in the licensed trade in small premises in the Garngad, many will still remember this old pub as the Stop Inn now demolished. In the same year 1886 he was running another pub in Pollokshaws Road. One of his most famous pubs is MacSorley’s in Jamaica Street which he took over in 1897, this old howff was known as the Clan Vaults which he demolished and built a new public house on the same site.
MacSorley owned another pub in Maitland Street, Cowcaddens before taking over the State Bar in 1905.
This old established pub was known as the Roost, Wall Street and now Boho.
Another name it’s been known as is Fitter & Firkin for a short while, and the Clinic.
1980s when the pub was known as Wall Street.
Boho Bar. 2007.
