The Dew Drop Inn.
148 Nelson Street, Glasgow.
Dew Drop Inn. 1991.
The Dew Drop Inn sat at the corner of Nelson Street and 93 West Street, Tradeston. It was formerly known as "The Rose".
The Rose. 1960s.
There has been a pub on this site since 1863. Landlord James Wilson stayed across the road for his place of business. The old building was demolished at the end of the 1800s and a new tenement building was erected in its place with a public house on the ground floor.
William Urquhart the new landlord acquired a licence to sell wine and spirits in April 1896 and traded here for many years. In 1899 his annual rent was £99. Mr Urquhart lived at 13 Daisy Street in Govanhill with his wife Christina and family. On the outbreak of the First World War William's wife became licensee, this may have been the cause of William being killed at war or died here in Glasgow. However Christina ran a successful business for many years and was still licensee in 1950.
In 1943 William Urquhart's Daughter also Christina married Charles Cruikshank. More to follow.
Well-known Glasgow Wine & Spirit Merchant Matthew E Taylor acquired the licence in 1966 until the end of the 70s, the pub was then known as the Green Horn. The old pub stayed open until the 1990s before it too was demolished like many of the other pubs on Nelson Street.
Mr Matthew E Taylor.
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