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The Wee Man
40 Bridgegate, Glasgow
This establishment was known as The Wee Man in the 1970s and known as Blacks in the late 1800s.
Selling Whisky to Children – 1889
Joseph Black, spirit merchant at 40 Bridgegate was brought up at the Glasgow Central Police Court in October 1889 charged with supplying three boys – James Goodwin (10), Robert McQuade (11) and William Murphy (12) with a gill and two half-mutchkins of whisky on Friday, 12th of July 1889.
The boys stayed overnight in the Model Lodging-house in King Street (On the 11th) and left there at 8 o’clock the next morning. They then went to Black’s public-house in Bridgegate. James Goodwin entered the premises to get the whisky while the other two kids stayed outside.
When Goodwin came out with the whisky, the kids then drank the whisky in a close next to the shop. The kids don’t remember anything after this. McQuade and Murphy woke up in the infirmary after being found by a man that carried them to a policeman as they were not moving. Goodwin was able to walk away though and wasn’t admitted to the infirmary.
The charge for this was £5.00 or 14 days imprisonment.
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St Rollox Licensed Trade Defence Association
Here is a photograph of the St Rollox Licensed Trade Defence Association taken at the annual excursion at Auchenlochan in 1909.
Trades Hall
Trades Hall, Glassford Street, Glasgow, G1 1UH. Tel 0141 552 2418
Annual Scottish Licensed Trade Defence Association 1909
On 16th June 1909, the Scottish Licensed Trade Defence Association held their annual meeting in the Trades Hall on Glassford Street.
Never before in the history of the Association was an annual meeting so opportune – so all-important. The present is a most critical time for the Trade. On all sides it is being harassed. The Liberal Government, with “the greatest majority of modern times,” is fathering a Budget which in its every licensing clause spells ruin for the Trade and its many allied interests north of the Tweed.
Members can click here to find a list of all of the attendees of this event.
List of Names from Annual Scottish Licensed Trade Defence Association 1909
Lanarkshire Licence Holders on Holiday
This is a fantastic photo of Lanarkshire Licence Holders on Holiday in 1909. This photograph was taken while the group (Lower Ward Defence Association) were on a trip to Kilchattan Bay. Do you recognise any ancestors or publicans in this photo?