David Baxter Archives - Old Glasgow Pubs

Springboig Avenue,Springboig, Glasgow. G32. Demolished.

The County. 1991.

The County was opened in the summer of 1957. Licensee John Cameron had a bit of trouble trying to get this licence in 1955 as it was 100 yards outside the boundary of Glasgow then, the police didn’t like the idea either as they thought it would attract to many people from the city and Shettleston area into the county of Springboig, and the pub would be built in the heart of a housing scheme, however the licence was granted.

At a cost of £35,000 the County was the most up-to date hostelry in the area, directors of the County Roadhouse Ltd were John Cameron, Mr R Davy of R D Stewart Ltd; builders and contractors, Shettleston and J Lonergan, also associated with the venture was John Y Robertson, B.L. solicitor, Hamilton, who presented the case for the granting of the licence.

Left to right John Cameron, J Lonergan, David Baxter of William Younger & Co Ltd, John Y Robertson and R Davy. 1957.

Interior view of the County 1957.

In the NEWS 1978…

Interior view of the County Inn. 1978.

It was December 13 last year that the lounge at the County Roadhouse in Springboig was destroyed by fire. The Lounge was always very popular with local residents and it was a bitter blow to them and manageress Mrs Patsy McGuckien.

But last week a new Lounge/ restaurant was unveiled, which promises to become the main attraction in the Springboig area. “We have live music every evening and cabaret on special nights. Soon we hope to be able to hold dances,” Mrs McGuckien explained.

The menu in the new Lounge/ Restaurant will have dishes like gammon steaks and haddock, but Mrs McGuckien plans to have a more extensive menu should her customers desire it.

The decor in the new lounge is very bright with circles being the main theme. Much of the seating is in semi-circles.

Scottish & Newcastle Breweries have spent £60,000 on the County Roadhouse, but they think it will be worth it.

Do you remember this old 1957 pub? If so please leave a comment.

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262 Rutherglen Road, Gorbals, Glasgow. G5 0RX. Demolished.

The Cecil sat at the corner of Rutherglen Road and Commercial Road.

The licensees’ name above the door was J R Baxter.

This old pub was established in the early part of the 1880s, landlord David Baxter traded from these premises, he also had pubs on Pollokshaws Road and Brandon Street at the corner of Annfield Street in the east end of the city.

The Cecil from Commercial Road. Source Mitchell Library.

The Cecil. Thanks to the Mitchell Library of this image.

When David died his wife Jane took over the running of the business from 1887 until 1924. One of the barman in the Cecil was James McCarthy who left to live in Dumfries.

After 1924 the licence was transferred to a well known and respected gentleman called Peter McCrudden.

Mr McCrudden held onto the licence for three years then sold it to the Neeson family. One of the last licencee was a Mr Devlin who ran the pub until 1960 after that the pub was demolished as was most of the pub in the area at that time.

I would like to thank Peter Quinn for the first image of the Cecil Bar.

Facts…

Licence Holders.

1883-1887 David Baxter.

1887-1924 Jane Baxter.

1924-1928 Peter McCrudden.

1930-1933 J Neeson.

1934-37 Lauchlan Gilles.

1940-51 J Gilles.

1952-54 J Ligertwood.

1955-58 P McGrath.

1960 Mr Devlin.

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

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