140 out of 200 pubs substandard.
In the News March 1972...
140 out of 200 pubs substandard
Out of 200 Glasgow pubs recently visited by police 140 were considered substandard, the city's licensing court heard today. The figures were revealed by Bailie James Anderson the senior magistrate, who criticised publicans for allowing their accommodation to drop drastically.
And he told three licence-holders that their certificates would be renewed, but only after improvements have been carried out. Bailie Anderson speaking at the opening of the March court at Langside Halls, said it would be recalled from the October session that critical views were made regarding standards of Glasgow pubs.
As a result police and master of works inspectors had made detailed inspections of more than 200 premises in an endeavour to raise the standards to a reasonable level. Their inspection, said Bailie Anderson, included items such as decor, comfort, safety, and adequate sanitary facilities. Out of the 140 premises visited Bailie Anderson said he was glad to say that improvement work in 40 pubs has now been completed.
In 57 work is in progress and at 25 pubs work has not actually begun but letters of undertaking have been sent to the court. A further three premises are subject to alterations applications, one has been closed as a result of fire damage, and in 11 other cases renewal certificates are not being sought.
Objections
Three licence-holders attended today's court for renewal certificates and in each case police objections were made on the grounds that suggested improvements have not been carried out. The three certificate holders who attended the court were Mr John Devlin, of the Oxford Tavern, 45 Charlotte Street, Calton; Mrs Jessie McLean, 1025 Gallowgate; and Mrs Elizabeth Gordon, the Ship Inn, 93 Maclean Street, Plantation, Glasgow.
After an adjournment Bailie Anderson said the magistrates had given serious consideration to the applications and decided to grant renewal certificates. These, however, will be issued after improvement work has been executed.
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In the News February 1972...
Deadlock so beer ban expands
Union 'Dry Our' 20 more pubs.
A Beer ban on Scots pubs was extended today by delivery drivers after the breakdown of union-management talks yesterday.
Transport and General Workers' Union drivers have "blacked" a further 20 pubs in Glasgow and Edinburgh, bringing the total to 40 in Central Scotland.
They are refusing to bring in supplies of beer until the Tennent Caledonian management agree to give the union sole recruiting rights in hotels and public houses managed by the brewery. The two sides met yesterday but didn't reach any agreement. In today's stepping-up of the union campaign, 10 pubs in Glasgow and 10 in Edinburgh have been blacked. They have not yet been named.
No shutdown
Already 10 pubs in Edinburgh, nine in Glasgow, and one in Motherwell have been operating without supplies for a week. A spokesman for the brewers said today that none of them had been forced to shut up shop. The union say they plan to double the number of pubs affected by the ban each week, and today there was no word of the two sides getting together again for more talks.
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In the News February 1972...
Deadlock so beer ban extends
Union "Dry Out" 20 more pubs ...
A beer ban on Scots pubs was extended today by delivery drivers after the breakdown of union-management talks yesterday.
Transport and General Workers' Union drivers have "blacked" a further 20 pubs in Glasgow and Edinburgh, bringing the total to 40 in Central Scotland. They are refusing to bring in supplies of beer until the Tennent Caledonian management agree to give the union sole recruiting rights in hotels and public houses managed by the brewery.
The two sides met yesterday but didn't reach any agreement. In today's stepping-up of the union campaign, 10 pubs in Glasgow and 10 in Edinburgh have been blacked. They have not yet been named.
No shutdown
Already 10 pubs in Edinburgh, nine in Glasgow, and one in Motherwell have been operating within supplies for a week. A spokesman for the brewers said today that none of them had been forced to shut up shop. The union say they plan to double the number of pubs affected by the ban each week, and today there was no word of the two sides getting together again for more talks.
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In the News 1973...
Improve Pubs or Else, Warning in City.
Some city publicans were warned today to improve standards of comfort and hygiene on their premises. Neglect, said the city's senior magistrate, Bailie Stewart Stevenson, could cost much more.
His comments came at the end of the morning sitting of Glasgow Licensing Court, when police objections were heard to a number of renewals on the grounds that premises were substandard.
All licences were renewed, but were accompanied by a stern warning from Bailie Stevenson, who said, "The magistrates are taking a pretty serious view of this matter." He recalled that at the Licensing Court in October, 1971, a critical view was expressed on the number of licensed premises which had been allowed to deteriorate drastically in relation to interior and exterior decoration, adequate hygiene, and customer comfort.
Licensees had been advised to give the situation their immediate attention. Bailie Stevenson said the present court wished to be associated with these views. He continued, "As has been clearly demonstrated to the court today, despite many letters of undertaking and verbal guarantees given to the police that the requirements of the court would be implemented, several licensees, for reasons best known to themselves, have been reluctant and indeed dilatory in effecting necessary repairs and renovations as required to upgrade their premises to reasonable standards."
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At the Burgh Licensing Court in Dumbarton an application from Mr. William Kelly, publican, of 242 Clyde Street, Glasgow, to open a public house in a new development of Church Place, Dumbarton, was continued for a month.
The provost and magistrates asked Mr. Kelly, a director of Ind Coope, to improve plans for toilet accommodation and garbage recesses at the site (which fronts on the High Street.
An application from Mr. Thomas McLoughlin of 43 Napier Avenue, Cardross, for an off-sales certificate for premises at Muir Road, Dumbarton, to be transferred to him was approved by the court.
Chief Inspector Donald Leith said that in the half year to February 26, 49 people had been convicted of being drunk and incapable, two more than the the same period the previous year.
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A Hotel loses drinks licence.
Magistrates at Gourock today refused to renew the certificate for the Cloch Hotel, in Albert Road, one of the town's busiest licensed premises.
Chief Superintendent George Pattullo, presenting police objections, detailed instances in the past year of people being reported or fined for drinking out of hours, under-age drinking, buying liquor for under-age people, and breaches of the peace in the premises.
He said it appeared that little or no attempt had been made to comply with the licensing laws.
Alterations
At weekends it had been found the premises were grossly overcrowded. This made supervision difficult but it was the licence holder's duty to see that the premises were well conducted. It was his information that the certificate holder was seldom in the premises.
A solicitor said the licence holder was a nominee of Scottish and Newcastle Breweries and had held the licence since 1971. He visited the hotel once a week. The manager had been replaced last June, and Scottish and Newcastle Breweries had decided to discourage younger customers. The jukebox had been removed and alterations were made which it was hoped would attract older people.
The hotel employs a full and part time staff of 29, and 12 more were taken on during the summer.
Provost David Leith, on behalf of the magistrates, said after an adjournment that they considered there had been no improvement after the change in management. They declined to renew the certificate.
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PAISLEY pubs and hotels lose their licences
Three public houses and a hotel all lost their licences today at Paisley Burgh Licensing Court. All are to appeal to the higher court.
The public houses are the Double Three, at 33 Wellmeadow Street, the Bowler's Tavern, at 3 Wellmeadow Street, and the Hay Weighs, at 9 King Street, all in the west-end of Paisley.
The bench of five magistrates, all Labour, voted unanimously to refuse the applications for renewal.
Complaints
The hotel which lost its licence was the Friarshall, in the south end of the town. It was withdrawn by three voted to two. Police made complaints against all four licence holders. The complaint against the Double Three was of allowing drunkenness on the premises, for which the licence holder had been fined £3.
The licence holder of the Bowler's Tavern was fined 10 for supplying drink out of hours, on a Sunday. There was alleged to have been consumption of drink after hours in the Hay Weighs but no proceedings against a barmaid has been set.
An agent for the licensee said the 16 year olds would dwarf him, and that the other allegation was not competent as it was perfectly legal to supply drink to guests in the hotel. Bailie George Logie said the magistrates were concerned about the amount of under age drinking in the town and about drinking outwith permitted hours. He warned licence holders on the point.
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In the News 1974...
Beer Supply In Danger As Dispute Hits 170 Pubs.
Supplies of beer in 170 Tennent Caledonian public houses throughout Glasgow and the West of Scotland are gradually drying up.
And unless an Inter Union dispute is settled within the next few days it could be a very dry New Year for thousands of people at their "Locals."
The row involves the Transport and General Workers Union and the National Association of Licensed House Managers who are arguing over representation on committees which negotiate with the brewery on behalf of bar managers.
The union have made representations to the company with a view to being included on bargaining committees. Some draymen have already taken unofficial action and refused to make deliveries to bars managed by members of the association.
WARNING
These total 170 pubs.
Personnel manager of the brewery, Robert Ward revealed today that many of the pubs stocks were drying up. And he warned that if the dispute was not settled soon, the whole position could escalate. Mr Ward said "According to our records 60 per cent of our bar managers are members of the association, 20 per cent, are members of the union, and the remainder are not affiliated to any group.
"Since 1972 we have had as agreement with the association which gave them sole bargaining rights for the managers. "Because of recent approaches by the TGWU, however, we have given the association the necessary three month termination of the current agreement which given them such rights.
Mr Ward said his company would like a situation where both the association and union were represented on negotiating committees. Tennent Caledonian have a total of 550 pub managers in Scotland. They were recently awarded a £520-a-year pay increase.
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