This is the story of how William Small, miner’s Secretary of Oliva Cottage, Forrest Street almost had a change in occupation and if he had done, his name may not have been given to one of the Crescents. Acquiring a shop in Station Road, Blantyre in Springtime 1899, he applied for a public house certificate. […]
This is the Front Room bar with Bob Brown either helping out or helping himself! The small opening to Bob’s left was the cubbyhole for serving drinks to Middle Room punters at Hasties Farm. The wooden gate-type doors either side of the bar opening were functional, to lock up the bar at night. There’s […]
From my book, “Blantyre Glasgow Road South – The Real Story” by Paul Veverka (c) 2017 Priory Place & The Priory Bar Priory Place was a former 19th and 20th Century building situated at the eastern corner of Glasgow Road and Logan Street junction. It comprised primarily of a popular public house (named the […]
On this signboard of this rare old photograph of the Westend Bar is “Robert Craig” Wine merchants. This proved that Robert Craig DID own two bars on Glasgow Road, one at either end. He owned the Clive Place (later to become the Old Original) and this one at the Westend. The Westend bar is not […]