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Definitely Andrews in this 1963 picture: http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/image.php?i=16010&r=2&t=4&x=1 Does this look familiar Moonbeam? It’s also just occurred to me that the bar is probably named after the St Andrew’s Halls, rather than being the name of the owner as was...
Drawing a blank here. I went through the Post Office Directory for 1906 looking for a bar with a similar name. There are no bars with a name like that listed in the right place in North St, assuming the picture shows the east side of North St that no longer exists. On the outside chance that we are ...
I see there is one of those temporary firework shops in the ground floor where Douglas the stationer was. Almost as if someone was hoping for an accident.
Rucola, Why are you using my point to post either that (a) snide bile or (b) genuine bile. If you look through my posts in this fantastic forum I neither put Glasgow or my country down and fail to see why you have replied in such a manner. I wasn't being snide, sarcastic or even bilious. I was agre...
Malcolm Campbell the greengrocers is fascinating. I think the Hyndland Road shop must have been one of the last to go; I remember buying stuff there in the 1990s. In their heyday they had big stores in the city centre. There was one on St Vincent St where Pret was recently and in the unit at the jun...
There seems to be a tie the swings up on a Sunday mentality regarding alcohol from our government. Similar to the alcohol pricing policy the vast majority suffer. The arseholes who create a nuisance shall continue to do so as there are laws in place to prevent most of their behaviour anyway. So, af...