253 Argyle Street, Glasgow. G2 8LY. Closed. The Arches. 2008. The Arches is reputed to be one of Scotland’s largest night clubs, with three floors, the top bar is called the Sky Bar. The Arches officially opened for business as an arts venue in May 1991. The building had originally been converted as a temporary […]
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Ye Olde Anchor Tavern
Ye Olde Anchor Tavern – Argyle Street, Glasgow. Ye Olde Anchor Tavern, 1888. Commissioner Whyte was better known as an accountant than a publican. As Convener of the Govanhill Finance Committee, he was always on demand, constant requests for his service, as the taxpayers had to pay up. At a Ward meeting in 1887 an […]
Whyte, Alexander Stewart
Commissioner Alexander Stewart Whyte. Ye Olde Anchor Tavern, 21 Argyle Street, Glasgow. Commissioner Whyte. 1888. Commissioner Whyte was better known as an accountant than a publican. As Convener of the Govanhill Finance Committee, he was always on demand, constant requests for his service, as the taxpayers had to pay up. At a Ward meeting in […]
The Popes Eye Tavern.
31 Argyle Street, Glasgow. Mr Walter Coombs proprietor of the Popes Eye Tavern. 1895. Walter Coombs took over the Pope Eye Tavern in 1895. To read more on the history of the Pope Eye Tavern Click here. In 1902 Mr Coombs took over the popular Borgie Rest, Main Street, Cambuslang. The Borgie Rest on the […]
Jack Diamond’s.
259 Argyle Street, Glasgow. G2 8DL. Closed Down. Jack Diamond’s. 1991. This old pub has been known under many different names in the last ten years. Caricature’s, Argyle Bar. It was originally called the Central Bar owned by Alexander Graham a prominent city Wine & Spirit Merchant who owned other premises in the city including […]
Bucks Head Inn
Argyle Street, Glasgow. Thomas Fairbairn’s view of the Buck’s Head Hotel, built on the corner of Dunlop and Argyle Streets in 1757 by John Murdoch, a leading tobacco merchant and three times a lord provost. It became a hotel in 1790. The building of similar design to the left of the hotel on Argyle […]