Moffat Street

The 51st Bar

June 19, 2017 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

405 Moffat Street, Glasgow.

This old pub was established in 1877 by spirit merchant, William Logan. The original address was 405 South York Street at the corner of 4 Lime Street in the south side of the city.

William Logan also ran a pub at 35 Braehead Street at the corner of 4 Wolseley Street. Daniel McKillop was license holder before Mary Jane Logan McKillop took over the business in 1907, who was William Logan’s daughter, she continued to run the pub through hard times after the First World War. Mary Jane plodded on until the World War II.

One of the last landlords in the pub was Bernard O’Donnell who traded until the 1960s.

Anderson’s Vaults.Dick Bartons

January 8, 2017 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

282 Moffat Street, Gorbals, Glasgow. Demolished.

Image of Dick Barton bar Moffat Street Gorbals — Dick Barton.

Image of Dick Barton pub Moffat Street Gorbals — Dick Barton.

Dick Barton was situated at the corner of Moffat Street and Rutherglen Road. Dick Barton never owned this pub however the landlord Richard Barton named it in 1960.

Moffat Street was originally called South York Street and the pub that sat on this corner in the late 1880s was Anderson’s Vaults, named after John Swan Anderson. Mr Anderson continued to hold the licence until 1912 when Owen McCabe acquired the pub. Mr Owen also owned a pub at 5 West Campbell Street, many will still remember this old pub as the City Rendezvous.

Other well known names to hold the licence was James L Higgins and Thomas McMurtrie Wilson.

The pub was demolished in the early part on the 1960s.

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

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