Tollcross Road, near Fullerton Park. Closed Down.
The Duke of Touraine was established in Parkhead in 1969. Another opened in Ingram Street with Sylvester’s next door. The one in Tollcross Road is now closed down and became a Kebab shop.
Also see The Duke of Touraine in Duke Street.
Also see Sylvester’s the Pub and Leroy’s
Do you remember the Duke of Tourraine, if so please leave a comment.
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Tollcross Road, Parkhead Cross, Glasgow. Closed.
This was one of the shortest openings of a Glasgow pub, it only stayed open for a few years and is now closed down. It was formerly the T S B Bank.
After a few years it opened again by the people who own Fullarton Park Hotel and renamed it the Bank.
The pub was changed to the Bank and again stayed open for a few years and closed down. It now lies empty. 2008.
Do you remember this Pub? If so please leave a comment.
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498-502 Tollcross Road,Tollcross, Glasgow. G31 4XX. Closed.
The Charter. 1991.
The Charter Bar. 1958.
Charter Bar, the lounge. 1958.
The Charter Bars main bar. 1958.
Charter Bar seating arrangement. 1958.
This pub is now called Cotters Bar the locals still refer to it by it’s old name the Charter. To read the history of this pub please check the store for my second book.
Cotter’s Bar August 2005.
Update…2019.
The Charter is now a community hub for the local people of Tollcross.
Do you remember this old pub? If so please leave a comment.
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51-67 Tollcross Road, Glasgow. G31 4UG. Closed.
Bowlers Rest. 1991.
In the early 1800s a lane known as Montgomery’s opening led to Parkhead Bowling Green and Montgomery’s Tavern now the Bowlers Rest. In the middle of the 1800s a group of players left this club an formed the Belvidere Bowling Club in Elba Lane, part of Barr’s Iron Bru now occupies the site.
Hugh Montgomery the landlord occupied the premises until his death in the 1850s, his wife then took control of the business which also had a grocers licence. In 1883 Mrs Margaret Glen was licensee, she sold the old tavern to Samuel Hay Gardiner in 1892. The magistrates ordered Mrs Glen to keep the back door closed, which led out the old bowling green. For years the punter’s from the tavern could play bowls while they were drinking, the bowling green belonged to the tavern.
Samuel Hay Gardiner.
Mr Gardiner ran a small licensed grocers shop in Eglinton Street. When Samuel died in 1929 the licence was transferred to his wife Elizabeth. The pub stayed in the family right up until the 1950s the locals then called the pub “ Hay Gardiners.”
William Pender then took over the licence in 1958, he was also licensee for the Kimberley and the Waverley in Tollcross and the Red Lion on New City Road.
Whitelaw’s. 2005.
The pub is known as Whitelaw’s, the last time I passed this ancient hostelry it had a TO LET sign above the door. The same proprietor also had Whitelaw’s at Bridgeton Cross. This pub too had a To Let sign above the doorway. Whitelaw’s was a very short lived name for the pub.
Whitelaw’s is now closed down, it has been lying empty for some time now.
I’m sure these two pubs will again open shortly as they have been very popular in the past and most of all the history behind them should keep them open in the future.
I noticed the other day that the Bowlers rest is still closed down March 2007, I also heard the other day that the pub may be under threat of demolition as new houses are planned for the plot…. WATCH THIS SPACE….
Update… Thank goodness the pub has not been demolished.
The Bowlers Rest. 2008.
After a long while closed the Bowlers Rest was reopened and had a new paint job and the name above the door was changed back to the Bowlers Rest.
The Bowlers Rest. Date unknown.
The sign above the door is now Paradise Bar, for all the Celtic fans to drink on match days.
The Paradise Bar. 2012.
This pub has been closed since around 2010 and only opens when Celtic is playing at Parkhead.
Paradise Bar. 2017.
Update… 2019.
This pub is still closed, it doesn’t even open during the Celtic games.
990 Tollcross Road,Tollcross, Glasgow. G32 8UP. Tel: 0141 778 1442.
Bells Bar 1991.
The Bells. 2015.
The Bells 2005.
Do you know anything about The Bells Bar? If so please leave a comment.
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