McGregor's Bar.
42 Colinton Street, Port Dundas, Glasgow.
McGregor's Bar. 1960s.
McGregor's Bar sat at the corner of Colinton Street and Bank Street, Port Dundas.
Colinton Street was formerly called Forth Street.
There has been licensed premises here since the 1850s owned by wine merchant John Miller. In the 1870s Alexander Penman occupied these premises. At the end of the 19th century James Rennie a popular spirit merchant sold the business to Donald McGregor in April 1898. Donald lived at 178 West Graham Street, Glasgow. This was the start of a great business for him and his family. Donald's rent for the pub was £42 per annum. The name above the door was now McGregor's Bar, a name that stayed with the pub until it was demolished in the 1960s.
Miss Johnann McGregor, Donald's daughter, successfully ran the business before the First World War and continued do do so after the Second World War
. The pub was last owned by Alexander Innes Ingram, in the 1960s.
Another view of McGregor's Bar. 1960s.
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