A poem by the late Blantyre historian, Jimmy Cornfield, all about the Old Original Bar and it’s characters. The poem is accompanied by a very suitable photo. Can you name the “mob”? The “Old Original Bar” Mob(Craig’s Tae You An Me) A bunch O the boys were whopping it up outside Craig’s Auld Original Baur,They […]
OK, a pub picture next, well outside it during the 1980s. Near the bottom of Stonefield Road was the Red Lion Pub. These guys standing outside for a photo. Before the Red Lion became a pub, it was Maxwells Supermarket. Pictured across the road is the cobblers and in the background the gable of the […]
Archie Simm sent me a great photo this week, of the Livingstonian Pub, photographed in 1977, shortly before it was demolished. Archie told me, “There was an illegal bookie’s operation behind it…..two of my uncles were involved! Every pub/club had it’s characters and players. At one time it was difficult to walk more than a […]
I’ve sometimes pondered over this photo of Barnhill dated to 1910. There’s a huge pile of dirt in the foreground that has masonry amongst it. A shovel leans against the house (Pathhead) most likely the person doing the work was on a break. I wondered though, what the pile was and why would it be […]
Introducing “The Hoolets” and their new beer garden! It’s one of the oldest pubs in Blantyre, built in 1745 and it’s currently getting an extensive facelift! At the invite of new owner Mick Flynn, Blantyre Telegraph was invited recently to check out the ongoing renovations of the Bardykes Road pub and their brand new beer […]
These drawing plans shows the Parkville, a public house on Glasgow Road in Blantyre. The architectural practice Cullen, Lochhead and Brown created this detailed set of architectural drawings between March 1959 and November 1960 before converting the former surgery practice buildings into new licensed premises. The first time the old Parkville house became a pub. […]
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 […]