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The Kessington

February 24, 2017 by John Gorevan 1 Comment

1836 Maryhill Road, Glasgow. Tel: 01419463800.

The Kessington Bar

The Kessington Bar. 1991.

This part of Maryhill Road was known as Main Street, Maryhill. The address of the pub was then 238a-240 Main Street, Maryhill. In 1883 Samuel Leckie was landlord here until his death in 1911 when his wife took over the pub. The business stayed in the family until the out break of the Second World War.

Samuel Shaw then took over until the end of WW2. Mr Robert J Millen took control of the business from 1950 until the 1970s many will still remember him as a great golfer. In 1965 his son Bobby won the Red Hackle tournament at Hilton Park, he returned a magnificent 71, one above par to lead the first class while his father Robert took first place in the second class.

Kessington Group

Left to right D Deans, UCB, Hawick; D Spalding, Cathkin Bar, Rutherglen; D Millar, Harvey’s Bar; F H Trott; R D Millen, Kessington; R J Millen, Kessington; J A Murray, Murray Bar; D G Dick; F Dunn, The Gordon, Greenock; T McEntee, Express Bar; J Hargan, Normal Bar; J E Gray and A Marshall. Photograph taken after the golf tournament at Hilton Park 1965.

email… from Stephen McGuire: the Kessington Bar prior to Hamish McDonald being the landlord was Michael O’Neil whose family owned such bars as the Duniglennan (Duntocher) and several others for around 10 years.

This old pub is now called Jumping Jacks. 2005.

Facts…

Licence Holders.
1990 Hamish MacDonald.
1973-1950 Robert James Millen.
1937 Emily Langley Leckie.
1919 Emily Langley Leckie.

More pubs on this street:

  1. The Kelvin Dock
  2. The Punch Bowl.
  3. The Castle Vaults.
  4. The Clarendon Bar.
  5. The Copper Lamp
  6. Cloughley’s Bar.
  7. Elephant & Bugle
  8. The First & Last
  9. Frampton’s
  10. The Woodside Inn
  11. Harvey’s
  12. Hector’s Bar
  13. H.L.I.
  14. MacMillan’s
  15. Munn’s
  16. The Redan
  17. The Politician Ale House
  18. The Rams Head.
  19. The Royal Highlander
  20. The Royalty Bar
  21. The Strathmore Bar
  22. Thomas Ferguson
  23. Ye Olde Tramcar Vaults
  24. The Viking Bar
  25. The White House

Filed Under: K, Maryhill Road, MaryhillRoad

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  1. Gordon Grant says

    August 19, 2021 at 8:05 pm

    My grandad George Watt worked here unsure of the years

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