Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction – A History of Drinking: The Scottish Pub since 1700
- 2 ‘Bousing at the Nappy’: Scottish Pubs and Changing Drinking Patterns, 1700–90
- 3 ‘Politeness and Agreeable Conviviality’: Scottish Pubs and Increasing Social Segregation, 1790–1830
- 4 ‘People's Palaces’: Urbanisation, Temperance and Responses, 1830–1914
- 5 ‘Serious Attacks on the Trade’: The Two World Wars and the Interwar Period, 1914–45
- 6 ‘A Place of Rules and Rituals’: Austerity and Regulation, Liberalisation and Change, 1945 to the Present
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 An Author's Dozen (plus three)
- Appendix 2 Which is the Oldest Pub in Scotland?
- Appendix 3 Map of Scotland Showing Location of Pubs in Appendices 1 and 2 and in the List of Illustrations
- Bibliography
- Index
Appendix 1 - An Author's Dozen (plus three)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 October 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction – A History of Drinking: The Scottish Pub since 1700
- 2 ‘Bousing at the Nappy’: Scottish Pubs and Changing Drinking Patterns, 1700–90
- 3 ‘Politeness and Agreeable Conviviality’: Scottish Pubs and Increasing Social Segregation, 1790–1830
- 4 ‘People's Palaces’: Urbanisation, Temperance and Responses, 1830–1914
- 5 ‘Serious Attacks on the Trade’: The Two World Wars and the Interwar Period, 1914–45
- 6 ‘A Place of Rules and Rituals’: Austerity and Regulation, Liberalisation and Change, 1945 to the Present
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 An Author's Dozen (plus three)
- Appendix 2 Which is the Oldest Pub in Scotland?
- Appendix 3 Map of Scotland Showing Location of Pubs in Appendices 1 and 2 and in the List of Illustrations
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
A PERSONAL SELECTION
THIS IS A PERSONAL and highly selective choice of Scottish pubs, some historic, some personal favourites. It is intended merely to give a flavour of the variety of pubs to be found in Scotland. Many fine pubs have been left out for reasons of space. Edinburgh and Glasgow, in particular, have a wide range of interesting pubs which could not all be included. For historians, the Guildford Arms is close to Register House, Edinburgh which houses the National Records of Scotland, and the Lismore Bar in Partick is within walking distance of Glasgow University Archives where the Scottish Brewing Archive is housed. My apologies to readers if I have left out their favourites.
Aberdeen: Prince of Wales, 7–11 St Nicholas Lane, Aberdeen AB10 1HF. Tucked away in a lane off Union Street in the shadow of the Kirk of St Nicholas. A fine mid-Victorian pub (1850) with real ales.
Dumfries: The Globe Inn, 56 High Street, Dumfries DG1 2JA. A seventeenth-century (1610) howff where Robert Burns drank during his time as an excise man in Dumfries. The atmospheric wood-panelled private rooms to the left of the entrance contain Burns's favourite chair and verses he scratched on the window (Figure 1.1).
Dundee: The Phoenix Bar, Nethergate, Dundee DD1 4DH. A Victorian tenement pub built in 1856 but with a greatly altered interior. Well-kept beer and a selection of the landlord's art collection displayed on the walls, some with pub connections, such as Peter Howson's faces of Glasgow drinkers.
Dundee: The Speedwell Bar (Mennies), 165–167, Perth Road, Dundee DD2 1AS. Unspoilt Edwardian interior (built 1903). Wide choice of real ales and 160 single malts (Figure 6.3).
Edinburgh: Bennet's Bar, 8 Leven Street, Tollcross, Edinburgh EH3 9LG. A wonderful theatrical pub next to the King's Theatre, with an Edwardian interior, refitted in 1906. Good beer and a choice of 120 single malt whiskies.
Edinburgh: The Guildford Arms, 1 West Register Street, Edinburgh EH2 2AA. Across the road from Waverley Station. Owned by the Stewart family since 1898. Good food and a wide range of real ales.
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- A History of DrinkingThe Scottish Pub since 1700, pp. 233 - 234Publisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2015