The County Inn - Old Glasgow Pubs

1 Burn Place, Dukes Road, Cambuslang, Glasgow. G72 7DS. Tel: 0141 641 1539.

The County Inn. 1991.

County Inn. 2015.

The County Inn in Cambuslang was opened in November 1960.

Interior View of the lounge. 1960.

Pictured at the opening of the County,are left to right: Mr M C Niven, Alexander Brothers (Wines), Ltd; Mr J Hyndman; Mr R C Hyndman, proprietor; Mr J A Macdonald, West of Scotland branch manager, Scottish Brewers, Ltd.; Mr J R Graham, Alexander Brothers; and Mr W R Mort, West of Scotland commercial manager, Scottish Brewers, Ltd.

Update…2005.

County Inn. 2005.

In the News…2010.

Tommy McAvoy MP defends purchase of County Inn

TOMMY McAVOY MP this week explained how he had financed his purchase of the County Inn in Cambuslang.

The Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP was speaking after reports in a national newspaper said he was coming under pressure to reveal full details of how he financed the purchase of the troubled boozer, which has racked up debts of over half a million pounds.

Mr McAvoy bought the County from Cambuslang millionaire Willie Haughey, who himself has come under pressure due to close links with the Labour Party.

Figures published suggest that Haughey made a profit of £176,250 on selling the County, which he had owned for just a year.

However, Mr McAvoy, who will retire at the next General Election, slammed the report and said the entire deal had been financed by himself and a bank loan, thought to be in the region of £200,000.

He said: “Unfortunately, the reporter chose not to report my categoric assurance that the County Inn purchase by me went through the normal process of business plan, independent valuation and business loan application.

“Also not reported was my categoric assurance that Mr Haughey did not provide, in any way, financial support for the purchase or subsequently. The deposit was paid out of my, and my wife and family’s, pot of savings.”

“The purchase of the County Inn was bought with a combination of a business loan from a High Street bank and family savings.”

Mr Haughey said he had never met Mr McAvoy socially and that he had no idea how he financed the deal. Opposition politicians said in the interests of fairness, Mr McAvoy should publish a full account of how he financed the deal.

Conservative MSP for Glasgow, Bill Aitken, who described Mr Haughey’s relationship with the Labour Party as “incestuous,” said: “In the present climate, transparency is essential,” while John Mason, the Rutherglen-born SNP MP for Glasgow East said: “I would call for complete openness, because there’s a whole level of suspicion here between Labour, the council and some of these outside business people.”

According to official documents, Mr McAvoy bought the County Inn, on Dukes Road, for £381,875 in 2001.

The Reformer reported last week that Willie Haughey had come under fire after it was alleged he had been unfairly awarded public sector contracts. Thanks to the Daily Record.

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Carole Worton says
February 27, 2021 at 6:16 pm
I used to go there Sunday evenings early 1970s Music and dancing. My mum Isa and stepfather Jimmy Murray used to run the function suite. I’d like to hear from anyone who might have known them.
Ray Stevenson says
March 20, 2024 at 6:03 pm
Can anyone remember the Bill Garden Set who played at the County Inn for 5 years every Saturday evening and occasionally for talent contests from late 1960’s to early 1970’s?
The band was made up of Bill Garden piano/keyboard, Jacqui Morrell vocals, Ray Stevenson trumpet, Tom Young tenor sax, Dave McLafferty tombone (a.k.a Dave Winston. Who can forget his rendering of ‘I wanna Be Like You’ form the Jungle Book?), Paul Broadfoot bass, Billy Simpson guitar, Alex Henderson Drums. There were about 400 on each Saturday for the dinner Dance. I remeber Bert (Hyndman) was always there wearing his dinner suit and bow tie.
The band had to eventually break up because Jacqui the singer was pregnant and Tom the tenor sax player was moving south because of his daytime job. These were great days.

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