Eglinton street

[DannyGill]

Hi Gang,
I was just wondering does anyone know where Eglinton st started/ended and Bridge street began/ended ? also from Eglinton Toll down to the river Clyde how many public houses was there. I drank in a few of them but can't remember all the names and one last thing was the Colliseum cinema the only cinema on Eglinton/Bridge st.
Regards.
Danny

[JosieStuksis]

Eglinton St. started at Norfolk St. going up to Eglinton Toll. The Coliseum was not the only cinema, there was also the Bedford cinema on the corner of Eglinton St and Bedford St. Directly opposite the Mally arms, it you drank in there you couldn't miss the Bedford. There was also another one opened in 1911 called Eglinton Electreum, 5 Eglinton St. and demolished in 1955.

[DannyGill]

Hi Josie,
Thanks for your comments, I do remember the Bedford cinema and was in there a few times to watch the pictures. Seems funny that Bridge st Subway should be in Eglinton st [why not call it Eglinton st Subway] but the planners must have had a reason for this. Still waiting for the names of the pubs, does anyone remember them ?.
Regards.
Danny.

[margaretmcgettigan]

Hi Danny, if you go onto this website, www.oldglasgowpubs.co.uk and the click on pubs, then select street names and type in Eglinton Street...There are about 19 pubs listed on there...Some very old; some newer.

Enjoy browsing through them.

Margaret

[JosieStuksis]

Danny, Many moons ago there was a Bridge St station but it was a railway station, it was situated in the buildings next to the Laurieston bar. (Maybe this is why they used the same name). The subway was opened in 1897 and it was named Bridge St. then. Can't find any reason for it not being called Eglinton St. Station. Bridge St. ran from Clyde Pl/Carlton Pl to Norfolk Street.

[accobra]

Hi Danny,
I realize now why I did so well getting all those "Empties" back in the fifties .i had no idea
there was so many pubs.in the Gorbals.!!
My own fascination back then was when I used to study not the number of pubs but the antics
of the "Patrons " or drinkers when they were on there way home.
I am not going to call them drunks but fairly happy persons on a Friday night heading home on the buses and two situations always made me chuckle as a wee boy .
Firstly when they happy people got off the bus one stop earlier than they should have and there was
snow lying around. They would waltz along to each lamp post slipping and sliding before grabbing for
dear life and then on to the next one . i dont recall them having a "carry oot"but there was always
a large bottle of McEwens in each jacket pocket to give them balance.
The second thing I used to wonder about was when I saw people waiting outside outside a pub and this would be over half an hour after opening time.. It transpires that the people outside had now money in there pockets and they would wait till someone that they knew went in the pub they
would latch on to them to buy them a drink and once they got the first one more freebies would be
forthcoming.!! It was at the time all new to me and i think that a pint of "heavy" was about two
shillings at the time where today it is over three pounds a pint. So people are using pubs less and less
and other factors like drink driving etc..So more of us are drinking at home buying Alcohol from
the supermarkets. Finally people these days do not have as much disposable income to play with
. The next generation will not fair much better as a lot of them will have "Student Debts"
My Question is how many pubs that were open in the Gorbals in 1955 are still there today??

Best regards Reg

[DannyGill]

Hi Margaret, Josie and Reg,
I must thank you Margaret for that link tothe pubs, I went through it and a lot of the pubs in Eglinton st I hadn't heard of but there was a few that I did drink in namely= the Star bar, the Devon, the Office. the Kiloran, the Mally arms but there was one pub I was looking for and that was "the Lord Nelson" it was just after the Kiloran going past Cumberland st heading towards the "Mally". I wonder did it have it's name changed this was circa 1960's. Thanks Josie about that info about the Bridge st railway station, I think it's really good to delve into place/names and how they came about.
Reg, yes I saw a few "punters" waiting outside the pub doors after they had opened too, you made me laugh about the "happy people" of which I was one on many occasions, one of my fonder memories was of me at 18/9 years old on a Saturday night going to the Star bar at Eglinton toll having a beer then crossing over to McNees bar for another beer to give me a bit of Dutch courage before going in to the Plaza ballroom and the poor lassies toes that I trod on. Yes all sweet memories Reg.
Regards.
Danny

[Gorbolian]

hi danny
i think i know the pub you are talking about, but i cant remember the name., but the lord nelson seems to ring a bell.
when you turned the corner at cumberland street into eglinton street heading towards the mally there was a car repair place right on the corner, i think it did electrical car repairs and it had big glass windows,
then i think there was a newsagents just after the first close, i remember it well because when i was small the owner used to ask me to name the grounds of football teams,
i think then there was a car showroom called ian fair, i remember sometimes they used to have american cars,
then there was a toy shop and a chemist whose name is on the tip of my tongue,
and then i think the pub , it was on the corner of eglinton street and eglinton lane if i remember correctly,
i was too young to drink then but i remember the pub.
then after eglinton lane you had a grocery shop dairy and across the road a petrol station

[DannyGill]

Hi Gorbolian,
I can remember that name Ian Fair and the Yanky cars, yes it's all so long ago now and that's the way I remember the Gorbals [in my minds eye, with all the old tenements]. I got such a shock last year when I went for a visit to the soo-side after 45 years and most of the places that I knew had been demolished. There are a few places left like the Star bar and a few houses at Eglinton toll, Norfolk st, the southern Necropolis , McNeil st Library building to mention a few but 97% is all new buildings, I'm not knocking the new houses as they all look good but it's in my memory that the soo-side will always be in my mind. Thanks for your posting Gorbolian that helped my memory a wee bit.
Regards.
Danny

[rosedoyle]

Gorbalonian, I was just talking about the owner of the shop, who asked you to name the football grounds. He was a lovely man, very good to us kids. He gave me a 2pence coin, just before Decimalisation Day, February 15th 1971. I still have it, somewhere