The Horse Shoe Bar

The Horse Shoe Bar or Horseshoe Bar is a drinking establishment on Drury Street, Glasgow, Scotland.

A bar opened on the site as far back as 1846 when William Turnbull, a local spirits dealer moved in to the premises.[1] The licence changed several times in subsequent years before being taken over by John Scoullar in 1884.[2] As part of his tenancy he renamed it The Horse Shoe Bar, in keeping with the equine names of his other bars.[1] The bar is said to have the longest bar in Britain, measuring 104 feet.[3]

In 1988 the building was listed as a Category A building of historic importance.[1][4]

The bar was key in the formation of Glasgow band Travis, drummer Neil Primrose was working behind the bar when he told his friend Fran Healy about a band called Glass Onion who played in the bar.[5] Healy saw them at the bar and subsequently joined them.[6] They used the pub as a rehearsal space early in their career and a number of their gold discs are displayed in the pub.[1]

References
  1. "Horse Shoe Bar - Glasgow". www.horseshoebar.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  2. "Five things you didn't know about the city of Glasgow". Sundaypost.com. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  3. "Glasgow nightlife". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. "Closing time for Scotland's historic pubs". The Scotsman. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  5. "Songs in the key of life". Guardian.com. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  6. "TRAVIS; They were Glass Onion - They played in grotty toilets - And then Fran took over". Freelibrary.com. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

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