The Cross Bar.
1287 Gallowgate, Glasgow.
The Cross Bar. 1980s.
Opened in 1866 by Glasgow brewer George Dalrymple. Mr Dalrymple owned the Home Brewery on Great Eastern Road now called the Gallowgate. Afterwards he and his family went into the retail wine and spirit trade opening pubs on the Gallowgate, Great Eastern Road, Trongate, Stanley Street, Main Street, Pollokshaws, Langside Road, New Road now Duke Street.
Over the years the pub has had name changes, for over 70 years the pub was known locally as Dalrymple's, in the 1930s the pub became known as the Grove after the owner John Cosgrove and before it was demolished to make way for the new Parkhead Forge the name above the doorway was the Cross Bar.
To read more on the pubs on the Gallowgate read up & Doon the Gallowgate by John Gorevan. A copy can be bought for a few ponds at the Hielan Jessie on the Gallowgate or contact me at john@oldglasgowpubs.co.uk
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