Glasgow has been the heart of culture, clubbing, pubbing, and general good times in Scotland for generations - but in those generations, we’ve lost a good number of Glaswegian institutions.
These pubs and late-night clubs were the meeting points for football fans before the next big game, the staging post for after-work pints for both heavy industry and office workers, and gossip spots for students - they were many things to many people over the decades they were open. Many of these pubs would define an era of Glasgow - like the Burns Howff in the 70’s and 80’s and it’s commitment to live local music.
We wanted to look back at the best of these lost spots in Glasgow - so take a gander below at these lost Glasgow places that are gone, but certainly not forgotten.
We wanted to look back at the best of these lost spots in Glasgow - so take a gander below at these lost Glasgow places that are gone, but certainly not forgotten.
5. Cleopatra’s
Cleopatra’s nightclub, better remembered as Clatty Pats for a time the place to be - or perhaps the place you didn’t want to be but invariably ended up at anyway. Photo: Scotsman
6. The Muscular Arms
A bizarre Glasgow institution that was as strange as it was unforgettable - complete with odd interior design like the statue pictured above - it was a superhero themed bar in the 70’s that also hosted mini Highland Games and spaghetti eating and potato crisps eating competitions.
7. Bennetts
A hot, sweaty night at Bennetts in Glassford Street, Glasgow, the city’s first gay club which was opened by club entrepreneur Colin Barr in 1980. One reader shared:”Some of the best nights in there. Esp on Tuesday alternative night. There was a drag queen called Debbie Harry who did dress up like Blondie..she was cool. Anyone remember?” Photo: Contributed
8. Brahms and Liszt
Brahms & Liszt on Renfield Street is fondly remembered - above was De Quincey’s, which went on to become Bouzy Rouge, which in turn became Gin71. Brahmz and Liszt was in fact not named after the composers, but instead cockney rhyming slang for being steaming.
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