Forgotten Pubs & Clubs in Glasgow

[Fossil]

can someone tell me who sang a song called prima vera not sure if that is the song title ,but it was played in panama jacks in glasgow in the 80,s

fuck I know this

[Dexter St. Clair]

[scotthiggy]

Nah, its not the song on the Youtube link. I remember the tune "Primavera" that Bri2063 is talking about. It was smooth and funky and was mostly instrumental, except for the chorus which was a few lines in Italian, followed by "primavera". Think you will need to ask an 80's DJ??

[scotthiggy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oa-xgy6UoE

Found it! The Artist is Tulio De Piscopo, title is Stop Bajon.

[bri2063]

cheers scotthiggy been lookin for this tune a long time

[dimairt]

Fascinated to see mention of the Chatelet on Sauchiehall Street. When I looked for it a few years back it had been transformed into a casino; not sure what it is now. I worked there as a doorman back in 1963, along with my fellow doorkeeper Singh, three nights a week for £4.50 (which paid for a week's rent) plus a meal each night. Although well over six feet, I wore the uniform of a much smaller man, which meant that I was unable to do all the flies up - something of a handicap on busy nights. But the crowning glory of the outfit was a peaked cap, on the front of which was a badge and the words Glasgow Education Committee. What nights we had! The serve-yourself eaterie and bar downstairs had a licence to sell alcohol later than the pubs, provided that you had a meal as well (a meal being a plate of chips). My job was to keep the drunks out, and of course to remove the many who became drunk over their chips. Upstairs was a "cocktail bar", where ties were de rigeur, and where an additional task was trying, often unsuccessfully, to prevent gangs of street kids from blitzing the place and cleaning out the nuts and crisps from in front of an astonished clientele. I could write more bout a fascinating period of my life, but maybe another time.

I'm trying to find a 60s/70s pub in Sauchiehall St., the Chateaux Lait (?), which my current squeeze claims to have worked in before her dizzying rise through the ranks of pre-school education in darkest Lanarkshire. Near the Charing Cross end of Sauchiehall St. , the upstairs bit featured local bands - Dexter?
I've looked through HG's pubs threads and tried the Glasgow pubs site to no avail.

Thanks for this Billy G, whoever you are.

[bri2063]

does any one remember a little pub on hope st .You went downstairs to it and was called IN THE MOOD ,also what about the maggie sauchiehall st and his nibs holland st GREAT PUBS.

[bri2063]

what was rufus T firefly on hope st formally known as .anyone

[Bridie]

does any one remember a little pub on hope st .You went downstairs to it and was called IN THE MOOD ,also what about the maggie sauchiehall st and his nibs holland st GREAT PUBS.

forgotten about His Nibs - what was it like again? was I there?

The Maggie was good on Wednesdayd/Fridays/Saturdays when there was music. I preferred the Bier Keller.

[scotthiggy]

what was rufus T firefly on hope st formally known as .anyone

Think the Liquor Shack one stood where Rufus T Firefly is.

[Fossil]

what was rufus T firefly on hope st formally known as .anyone

Think the Liquor Shack one stood where Rufus T Firefly is.

naw that was further down the road. Facing the pot still

[udrigle]

Rufus T Firefly was previously Reids bar

[HollowHorn]

Someone posted the name of this pub recently, but I've forgotten it again.
Circa 1980:

[John]

What a great photo, it really brings back memories of the 80's.

[weasler]

HH - Devils Advocate