Samuel Dow

Samuel Dow. Lebowski’s Pop Up. Sammy’s.

March 22, 2017 by John Gorevan 3 Comments

71 Nithsdale Road, Glasgow. G41 2AJ. Tel: 0141 423 0107.

Exterior view of Samuel Dow, Nithsdale Road 1991 — Samuel Dow, 1991.

There’s been a public house on this site since 1877, owned by wine and spirit merchant James Miller. In 1880 James Miller had wholesale and retail premises at 44-46 Cavendish Street and retail business at 115 Houston Street at the corner of 78-80 South Kinning Place.

In 1881 spirit merchant J B Strewart took over the running of the business for a year before William Graham took over. from 1882 till 1905 Mr Graham served the locals, he also had premises at 27 St James Street at the corner of Paterson Street, Kingston.

Other well known wine & spirit merchants to run this popular bar was John H Gilmour, A. B.& W Stevenson, Robert B Gilchrist. In 1973 Andrew Carolan took over.

Samuel Dow sign 2015 — Samuel Dow Sign, 2015.

Interior view of Samuel Dow, Nithsdale Road 1958 — Interior of the main bar, 1958.

Interior view of the Lounge 1958 — Lounge bar, 1958.

Update 2015…

In June 2015 Samuel Dow, closed for good, however the following month Lebowski’s Pop Up bar took over and is till going strong 2019.

Exterior of Lebowski's Pop Up bar Nithsdale Road 2015 — Lebowski’s Pop Up, 2015.

Dow’s other premises.

Update 2019…

Exterior view of Sammy's Nithsdale Road October 2019 — Sammy’s, 2019.

The pub got a new name in the Autumn of 2019, not called Samuel Dow but Sammy’s Bar & Kitchen.

Mitchell Street, Dundas Street, Kilmarnock Road, Great Western Road.

Do you have any memories of this old South Side Bar, If so please leave a comment.

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Wintersgills. ( Andros Bar.)

March 22, 2017 by John Gorevan 1 Comment

226 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9EJ. Tel: 0141 332 3532.

Wintersgills. 1991.

This was originally Samuel Dow’s establishment. To read the full history, check back soon for our second book.

Many will still remember this old pub as the Andros Bar, during the 1970s.

Samuel Dow’s old pub, 1939.

Samuel Dow, Great Western Road, 1936.

Samuel Dow, Great Western Road 1936.

Celtic fame Jim Brogan owned this pub, he now owned the Victoria Bar, Kilmarnock Road in the south side of the city.

In the News 1974…

Over goes this massive pile of coins collected by the customers of the Andros Bar, 266 Great Western Road, Glasgow.

Pushing them over is Ronnie Glavin, captain of Patrick Thistle F.C., ; second from the left. The picture also includes Mr. Andrew Ross, licensee of the Andros (right of pillar), and next to him Mr. P. McAllister, manager.

The amount of money in the pile, £333.18, goes to boost the Sick Children’s Outing organised by Glasgow taxi drivers. 1974.

In the NEWS 1976…

Andros Bar, Great Western Road, breaks a world record.

Pile of Pennies breaks a world record.

The pile of coins represents more than £1,181 and standing delightedly on the counter (which had to be specially shored up to take the weight of money) is the Andros Bar, manager Pat McAllister.

A Glasgow public house has broken into the Guinness Book of Records with a massive 8ft. high pile of coins weighing 8cw. and amounting to £1,181 68p, a world record. Previous record in the Guinness Book of Records was for £1,100 22p, in 1973.

The pile was built up over a period of 50 weeks in the Andros Bar of Mr. Andrew Ross, 226 Great Western Road, by manager Pat McAllister. The bulk of the money was donated in 2p coins by patrons, with Mr. McAllister’s wife doing most of the collecting. The staff of 16 also helped by donating their tips.

The money has gone to the Glasgow Taxi Men’s Sick Children’s Outing Fund, by whom the Andros Bar has been presented with a silver cup, with a personal trophy for the owner and the manager.

The toppling over ceremony was performed by TV personality Bill Tennent. After the ceremony a group of 60 invited guests, including many customers, were entertained to a meal and refreshments by Mr. Ross. Included among the guests were Mr. Jack Baillie, area sales manager, Guinness; Mr. George Brown, area representative, Guinness; Mr. Andrew Bell, Glasgow manager, John Walker and sons; and Mr. Malcolm Fraser, area manager, Tennent Caledonian Breweries.

In beating the record, Andros Bar did so within a stipulated period, one calendar year. There had been no stipulated period for the previous record, in 1976.

Facts…

Also see Dow’s other establishments,

Dundas Street, Nithsdale Road, Kilmarnock Road, Mitchell Street.

Also see Old Canteen Bar, Gallowgate.

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

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The Granary. Samuel Dow.

January 25, 2017 by John Gorevan 2 Comments

1157 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow. G41 3NH. Tel: 0141 649 0594.

Exterior view of the Granary, Kilmarnock Roiad 1991 — The Granary, 1991.

The Granary opened in 1983, formerly Samuel Dows bar.

Samuel Dow opened premises here on this site way back in 1875. Mr Dow continued as licensee until 1894, then Alexander McWilliam continued a one of Dow’s trustees. Mr McWilliam was a well known and trusted wine & spirit merchant in Glasgow. He also held the license for premises at Dow’s other premises at Great Western Road and Mitchell Street.

Exterior view of Samuel Dow's premises late 1890s — Samuel Dow, 1890s.

In 1903 John A Dow held the license until 1937.

In the NEWS 1965…

The firm of John Dow and Samuel Dow merged in a £580,000 deal with Wood Hall Trusts Ltd.

Interior view of Samuel Dow's premises in Kilmarnock Road 1945 — Samuel Dow, new bar 1945.

To read more on the history of Samuel Dow click here.

Exterior view of the Granary, Kilmarnock Road 2019 — The Granary, 2019.

Exterior view of the Granary, Pollokshaws Road 2019 — The Granary, 2019.

Facts…

License Holders…

1875 Samuel Dow.

1895 Alexander McWilliam.

1903 John A Dow.

1973 Alexander Tindal.

1990 Moira Cunningham for (Allied Breweries.)

Also see Dow’s other establishments.

Mitchell Street, Dundas Street, Great Western Road, Nithsdale Road.

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

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Dow’s.

January 8, 2017 by John Gorevan 2 Comments

9-11 Dundas Street, Glasgow. G1 2AH. Tel: 0141 332 7935.

Dow's Bar Dundas Street 1991 — Dow’s, 1991.

This old established pub dates back to around 1875, however there has been licensed premises on this site since 1841, James Adams ran the Railway Tavern from here, he previously sold Confectionery goods from the premises. In 1843 his wife took over the licence until the middle of the 1800s.

Mrs Walker then took control of the Railway Tavern and according to the Glasgow Post Office Directory she had Commercial Lodgings too.

James Fraser was the next licensee, he changed the name to the Aberdeen Hotel in 1857, hoping to attract new customers from the granite city as they came off the station platform across the road.

image of Peter Buchanan 1908 — Mr Peter Buchanan, 1908.

Peter Buchanan of Buchanan Scott & Co. 1880s.

In 1862 it had another name change the Dundas Hotel, run by Fred Stiller.

In 1875 Matthew Wylie took over by then it was a public house. Mr Wylie had other pubs in the city including Russell Street and Sauchiehall Street.

In 1880 Buchanan Scott & Co took over, the name of the pub became the Strathendrick, senior partner Peter Buchanan was licensee, the firm had other pubs in the city The Blane Valley, Glassford Street, the Old Hay House, Canning Street now London Road, 18 Govan Street, Dumbarton Road now 1004 Argyle Street known as the Two Ways and Cowcaddens. In 1892 Buchanan Scott & Co, ceased to call the big draught of ale or porter a scooner, now entitled it s “tall Beer”. A member of the Licensed Trade over-heard a tradesman who caused the barman to laugh when he asked for a glass of tall beer. It was however, explained to him that the “tall” referred to the measure and not the contents of the glass.

Also see Dow’s other establishments, Great Western Road, Mitchell Street, Nithsdale Road, Kilmarnock Road.

Exterior view of Dow's bar, Dundas Street 2000 — Dow’s, October 2005.

ecterior view of Samuel Dow, Dundas Street 1980s — Samuel Dow, Dundas Street, 1980s.

Sanuel Dow premises Dundas Street 1980s — Samuel Dow, Dundas Streeet, 1980s.

image of Pigeon Blend water jug — Samuel Dow’s Pigeon Blend water jug.

Facts…

Licence Holders.

1991 John Barbour.

1970 George Waters.

1960 William Russell.

1950 Robert McIntyre Buchanan for Buchanan Scott & Co.

1937 George Douglas Buchanan.

1899-1880 Peter Buchanan.

Do you have any memories of this old pub@ If so please leave a comment.

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Samuel Dow’s.

January 8, 2017 by John Gorevan Leave a Comment

Mitchell Street, Glasgow. Closed Down.

Exterior view of Samuel Dow's Mitchell Street 1990 — Samuel Dow, Mitchell Street, 1990.

Samuel Dow’s. 1990.

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Exterior view of a great fire in Mitchell Street with Samuel Dow's premises 1892 — Great Fire, 1892.

Samuel Dow’s premises after the great fire.

In the News 1970…

New Drive On Hotel And Restaurant Fronts By Dow’s.

All set and rarin’ to go. That’s the attitude of the staff of Samuel Dow, Ltd., 242 Clyde Street, Glasgow, as they prepared to move into the hotel and restaurant businesses in an even bigger way.

The company had appointed three bright salesmen, Jim Snowie, Bill Macrae, and Duncan McFarlane, who will call exclusively on the hotel and restaurant trade from now on.

Mt Snowie, from his home in Aberdeen, will operate in Inverness, Cromarty, Sutherland, Caithness, Banff, Moray and Nairn, Perthshire, Angus, Aberdeen, Kincardineshire, Orkney, and Shetland.

Mr Macrae, an Edinburgh man, will be calling on establishments in the Capital, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Kinross, Peeblesshire, Selkirkshire, Roxburghshire and Berwickshire.

Mr McFarlane’s sphere of activity, from Glasgow, will include the northern, southern and central parts of the city, Ayrshire, Wigtownshire, Dumfrieshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Stirlingshire, Dumbartonshire and Argyll.

Left to right Mr W R Macrae, Mr D McFarlane and Mr J Snowie, salesmen with Samuel Dow, Ltd., Glasgow, and Mr Innes Ingram, director and general manager of the company, grouped round the statuette of Samuel McCalman or Dow, a West Highlander from Lochaber, who founded the business of Samuel Dow in the Bridgegate in 1807.

All three are particularly well qualified to deal with the specialised requirements of the hotel and restaurant trade and each of them has qualifications and is well experienced on the subject of table wine and the formulation of wine lists.

They will be working under the direction of Innes Ingram, previously sales director and now director and general manager of the company, who had personal experience of the hotel and restaurant trade.

He had nine years catering management experience before entering the wine trade in 1961. He was a first-prize graduate of the Scottish Hotel School and was awarded the Younger travelling scholarship. This took him to Bordeaux and really marked the start of his interest in wine. Since then he had travelled extensively in France and Portugal, and he had been since 1965 a Champagne Academician. He was also a past president of the Forty Nine Wine and Spirit Club of Scotland.

Dow’s were fully geared for their enterprise and circulated their new interim price-list to hotels and restaurants.

The company maintained extensive and well stocked cellars in Glasgow and this, in conjunction with their new group resources, is reflected in the new list in its comprehensive range of table wines, spirits and liqueurs.

Dow’s will operate their new distribution from Glasgow and promises a first-class service, coupled with expert advice to the trade.

In the NEWS 1978…

Interior view of Samuel Dow's premises with footballer Danny McGrain, 1978 — Danny McGrain pushing over coins, 1978.

Danny McGrain pushing over coins at Sammy Dows 1978.

It’s a Pushover for Danny McGrain…

No one ever called Danny McGrain a pushover before, but that’s exactly what the best full back in the world was today, writes Chick Young.

The Celtic idol was in action in Sammy Dow’s pub in the city’s Mitchell Street, pushing over a pile of 2p pieces that the regulars have been saving.

The money mountain will be going to help pay for a holiday for the kids from Milton children’s home in Bishopriggs. There was around £200 in the pile and the children wanted Danny to give it the big heave because he was such a smash-hit when he visited the home on Christmas Eve.

Said Danny, “All these coins remind me of the bloke who swallowed 2p. The doctor told him there was no change…

Update 2019…

Interior image of Samuel Dow's, Mitchell Street 1980s — Sammy Dow’s, Mitchell Street, 1980s

Exterior view of Samuel Dow's Mitchell Street 1960s — Samuel Dows, Mitchell Street, 1960s.

Also see Samuel Dow’s other premises…

Dundas Street, Great Western Road, Kilmarnock Road, Nithsdale Street.

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

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