Glasgow Pubs and Equal Pay



In 'No Mean City', even the pubs on the street are supporting the Claimants in their fight for equal pay with Glasgow City Council.

MacKinnons - The Gallowgate, Glasgow.


   
MacKinnon's Bar.
48 Gallowgate, Glasgow. G1 5AB. Tel: 0141 5532619.

MacKinnons
MacKinnon's Bar. 1991. 
There's been a pub on this site since at least 1815 known then as the Crown Tavern. 
In the 1880s this old pub was well known throughout the city as the Royal Military Rendezvous where veterans gathered to reminisce of old times. The owner Henry Sharp took over the pub in the 1870s, his wife took over the licence when Henry died in the 1880s.
Royal Military Rendezvous
Royal Military Rendezvous. 1880s. 
Matthew Anderson took over from the Sharp's around 1886. Matthew Anderson was born in India; his father was a petty officer in the army. When Anderson came to Scotland he lived in Barrhead and for seven years had a pub in Nitshill. Mr Anderson took over from Henry Sharp in the Gallowgate and renamed the pub to Anderson’s Bar; he also opened another pub in the Candleriggs. In 1906 Matthew Anderson died from a burst blood vessel in his heart he was 62 years of age and was buried in Craigton Cemetery.
Another well known city publican to own this pub was Craig Douglas Riddell to read more click here.
Other names this pub has had over the years CrossKeys, The Calton Arms, Gilmour's, Mercat.
Cross Keys Bill Tennent
Interior view of the Crosskeys, Gallowgate. Television personality Bill Tennent of Scottish Television was invited to many openings of Glasgow pubs during the 1960s and 70s. This time he was pushing a pile of coins over which the customers of the Crosskeys gathered over the months for the Spastic Children Fund. Tennent Caledonian Breweries owned this pub during the 70s. Customers watched Bill Tennent and manager Charles Tierney push the coins over.
MacKinnon's 2005
MacKinnon's, August 2005.

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