The Doublet

The Doublet
74 Park Rd, Glasgow G4 9JF
10th June 2015

The Doublet is up for sale.

21st May 2013

25th Feb 2012

The Clutha

Clutha Bar
167-169 Stockwell Street, Glasgow G1 4SP
27th May 2015

Some Good News ; the opening of the bar is progressing, some issues with rot were
discovered today but a celebration for the families is going ahead this weekend.

Previously

WEST On The Corner

WEST On The Corner
160 Woodlands Rd, Glasgow G3 6LF
( Formerly The Halt Bar )

G.I. Bride, Bud Neill Picture
WEST Brewery took over the Halt in the middle of 2014 . A guid stoor cleaning and painting left what was called a short term pop up bar
The larger changes started just before Christmas and it has taken till May 9th for the new place to reopen.
It has been a dramatic change.
Original Window, New Windows;

Dec 17th 2014------------------->Jan 19th 2015

March 28th 2015

( NB they were preparing for a formal vendors opening later hence the unusual parts in the photos . They also had some real photographers in who werent quite sure who i was :) )
The previous Halt exterior was removed exposing the previous colours and signs.

Interesting that there are bar stools as a lot of places don't seem to encourage sitting at the bar anymore.
I like the space but , as with my on going interest in bar tables dont like the tables and chairs. Having the lights fixed and hanging low restricts changes and table configurations that can be made.
The bane of Glasgow tenement pubs, how to disguise the supports if they end up in the middle of the floor.

Previously as The Halt;

Closed : Nov 2017

Graham Hills Building Murals #Strathwonderwall

Graham Hills Building,
University Of Strathclyde,40 George Street , Glasgow ,G1 1QE
May 2nd 2015

Update of earlier effort

Old Halt, New WEST

( More Old Signs )

As the formal change takes place with the Halt truly becoming WEST on the Corner it has , fleetingly, uncovered the old exterior. This is going to go very soon as the windows are extended. One of the larger windows is already in place on the Park St side.

I had a chance to look inside and , with the new floor in place, opens up to a different but nice and large clear space. Except of course the "curse" of all similar Glasgow bars , what to do about the roof supports that always end up in the most inconvenient place.

UPDATE: Following week

Another different font sign can just about be made out on the front view

UPDATE: May 2nd ( opens May 9th )

Custom House Quay

New Mural
27th March 2015

Old Mural

Custom House Quay

Custom House Quay
21st March 2015

From 2013

Tiger mural has been replaced.

Every Bar on Argyle St 1890 's vs 2010's

A while ago i had made a subsection map of the Gorbals/Laurieston/Tradeston area from a similar period showing the concentration of bars. I wanted to do a similar diagram contrasting a larger area of Glasgow. What would become Argyle street seemed like an appropriate choice.
St Enoch in 1890's is a train station in the 2010's it is a shopping centre.

1890's marks are for public houses which i take as being distinct from restaurants and other forms of services but makes exact comparisons impossible. The riverside is very distinct without having to be explicitly drawn.

Duke Bar

Duke Bar
631 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 1QA
17th December 2014

Talk in local online forum is that this bar may be closing soon. A good old fashioned Glasgow Pub, good glass in doors and windows, floor the common type until recently but now so often disappearing under laminate wood flooring.Nice big banquette seats. Across the road are the Crown Creighton and Alexandra Bar , slightly further east are the Bristol Bar and the original Louden Tavern.