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Cleopatra’s

January 2, 2017 by John Gorevan 1 Comment

500 Great Western Road, Glasgow. G12 8EL. Tel: 0141 334 2995.

Hubbard’s with Viper at the corner. 2008.

The viper at the corner was formerly called Cleopatra’s it was soon to become well known all over the city as Clatty Pat’s by the locals. This photograph was taken in 2008.

Hubbards has now been closed since August 2009. Forr six months the doors have been closed.

Update…

Hubbards is now called The Wise Monkey. It was opened on Thursday 25th February 2010. Manager Graham Sutherland now runs a music venue there. Graham is not new to the Glasgow pub trade, he opened EI Sabor in the Merchant City. Good luck with your new venture, I’m sure it will be a success.

The Wise Monkey February 2010.

Clark’s Bar.

January 2, 2017 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

222 Springburn Road corner of 1 Petershill Road, Glasgow. G21 1YL. Demolished.

Image of Clark's Bar Springburn Road 1960s — Clark’s Bar. 1970s.

Clark’s Bar sat on a prominent site at the corner of Springburn Road and Petershill Road, facing Sighthill Cemetery. The pub was established by wine and spirit merchant George Clark in the early part of the 1870s. George lived virtually next door at 226 Springburn Road with his wife and children. In 1897 George’s son George Walker Clark took over as landlord. A sign with the name George Clark with Wines & Spirits at each end of his name hung above the doorway, over the years George disappeared and the name Clark’s Bar replaced the old one.

Mr Clark moved home in 1880 to better accommodation to a grand family house, Crosshill Villa, Uddingston, before moving out to Dullatur.

Clark’s Bar was one of twenty pubs on Springburn Road. Springburn was very different than it is today, the streets were packed with people, there was no need to go into town for shopping, as Springburn had hundreds of family run shop.

During the First World War Isabella McMillan Clark, George’s wife took over the licence, she continued to do so until the end of the 1930s. Generations of the Clark family ran the pub for over seventy five years.

Many will remember Mr John A McBeath one of the last licensee of Clark’s Bar which was then owned by Usher’s the brewers, Mr McBeath also ran the London Road Tavern, London Road and the Old Straw House, Gallowgate. Clark’s Bar was demolished late 1970s.

It is interesting to know that Andrew Thomson who owned Thomson’s Bar got his training from Clark’s Bar.

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

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The Waverley, Crow and the Clarence Hotels.

January 2, 2017 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

George Square, Glasgow.

Image of the Waverley Globe and Clarence Hotels George Square — Waverley Hotel.

This images shows the west side of George Square and St Vincent Place, with the Waverley, Crow and Clarence Hotels. The first tow hotels were demolished to make way for the Headquarters of the Bank Of Scotland in the late 1860s. All the buildings in the image were replaced between 1850 and 1906, for the best, the replacements were superior to the originals.

When the Bank of Scotland was being erected, part of the Crow was taken down, but the landlord, with a petty wit, put up a placard, “A wing of the Crow still open.” On either side of the entrance was a large zinc plate, with a crow with outspread wings.

Facts…

All the fashionable hotels were mainly centred in George Square. The Wellington, Star, Caledonia, Royal Horse, Franklin, James Watt, Sir John Moore, Old Royal Hotel and McDonalds’ Private Hotel , the Waverley, Crow, Clarence, Globe, Imperial (which became the L & N.E. Parcel Office), Queen’s, Royal and George, while at no. 16 there was a somewhat unpretentious hostel named “The Noddy Drivers’ Eating House.”

Do you remember any of the old pubs or hotels in George Square? If so please leave a comment.

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The Clan Inn

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Stockwell Street, Glasgow. Demolished.

Drawing of the Clan Inn Stockwell Street — Clan Inn.

In 1757 Glasgow’s Custom House moved from the Broomielaw to this building at the south-west corner of Stockwell Street, at the western end of the old Water Port Dyke. Customs officials recorded all Clyde shipping entries and collected duties for the Crown, which rented the building for £12 per year.
The office is thought to have been situated not in the main building but in the western wing, where a cart and group of people are depicted in the engraving. This may have been due to the ease of access to this area but also the fact that the weights, beams and triangles necessary for the customs processes were stored in the back court of the building.
Before 1757 the building had been occupied by the timber merchant Francis Crawfurd, a poultry and provisions merchant, a wood turner, and the Clan Inn. Thanks to the Mitchell Library.

Do you remember any of the old pubs in Stockwell Street? If so please leave a comment.

The Clan Bar

January 2, 2017 by John Gorevan 2 Comments

Part of the MacDonald Hotel, near Giffnock, Glasgow. Demolished.

Group image of staff and customers at the Clan Bar MacDonald Hotel 1979 — The Clan Bar. 1979.

A crowded Clan Bar in MacDonald hotel.

In the NEWS 1979…

Locals Cheer Latest Pub Opening Hours…

Scotland’s new-look liberated liquor laws have taken another step foreword with the introduction of all-day drinking on Sundays.

Sunday tipplers can now enjoy their beer and spirits at the bar from 12.30 p.m. till 11 p.m., although such watering holes are so far few and far between.

Glasgow District Council’s licensing board recently turned down a batch of Sunday all-day applications from hotels, including the city’s four star Albany.

Board chairman Councillor Bill Aitken said today, “we felt the Sunday hours already existing, with a break from 2.30 p.m. till 6.30 p.m., were adequate.”

PACKED

But just across the city boundary the licensing authority of Eastwood District Council have been more willing to give the idea a try. The Clan Bar in the MacDonald Hotel, at Eastwood Toll, near Giffnock, was packed yesterday for the first all-afternoon Sunday session.

Said hotel manager John McGuinness, “We just applied for the licence and got it first time. As far I know, we are the only place open during these hours in this area. It’s certainly proved very popular and we had no problems.

“I would like to see next the day when a couple can come into a bar with their kids. “The new licensing laws are the best thing to happen to Scotland. They have done away with the crazy type of drinking we have had to put up with for years.”

Mr Hugh Caldwell, Eastwood’s licensing board clerk, commented today: “Perhaps we are more liberal than Glasgow. The board felt that with a hotel of that standard and the type of patron it attracts, it was not unreasonable to grant the all-day licence.”

And the man who started the ball rolling with his committee and subsequent report, Dr. Christopher Clayson, said: “This was one of our recommendations so obviously I am pleased to hear it is being implemented.

Do you remember the Clan Bar? If so please leave a comment.

The Clady Bar

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108-10 Govan Street now Ballater street, Glasgow. G5 0TW. Demolished.

This 1960s photograph was taken shortly before it was demolished.

There has been a pub on this site since 1834, probably a two storey building with the licensed premises on the ground floor and living accommodation above. Landlord Robert McFarlane, wine & spirit merchant owned the business from that time until around 1851.

Image of the Clady Bar Ballater Street 1960s — Close-up of the Clady Bar. 1960s.

Mr William Kirkwood then took over the running of the pub. He resided with his family at 31 Florence Street before moving to Gallowflat Place, Wardlawhill then to 172 Main Street, Rutherglen. When Mr Kirkwood passed away his wife had no alternative but to run the business as she had a family to look after, she occupied the premises for around ten years before selling up.

In 1898 David Blanche took over, he continued to serve the locals here until the end of the First World War.

From 1920 till 1958 the pub was run by publican Cameron Dey before Magnus O’Donnell took over, who was the last licensee to occupy the premises before it was demolished, just like all the rest of the old pubs in the Gorbals.

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