Humble Glasgow Pub Still continues to flourish

For hundreds of years has humble Glasgow pub is an integral part of this great city. The pub is located in other parts of the country, is simply a place to go and get drunk in, Glasgow pub in a much more significant role. Many of them have also been recognised landmarks in their own right and is as much a part of the cultural heritage and architecture of Scotland's biggest urban agglomeration which is its cathedrals, art galleries, and even, heaven forbid, its football stadiums. Over the years this has been a meeting point for local people and barons in the industry, including the famous Glasgow tobacco lords. There are also some of the oldest established companies in the city and many of them, from as early as the stage machinery, such as the Sloans bar in the Centre, still thrives today.

But not all been a bed of roses for Glasgow for pub owners. In the 1950s in the Municipal Council initiated a series of urban redevelopment projects designed to clean up the countryside after the ravages of World War 2 and breathe new life into the city. A large part of this urban utfyllnadsarbete involved demolishing the infamous tenements in areas such as the Gorbals and replace them with modern high rise apartments, complete with such luxuries as inside toilets. Unfortunately, around this time, it was not only the tenements which led the heave-ho-many of Glasgow's oldest pubs also had to make way for progress. Places like the new era in the bar and the delightfully named Gorbals Mucky Duck in Govan was unfortunately lost and never be replaced.

There are still plenty of them are still in existence, although many a Glasgow pub met her during the time in this era. In fact, it recently has been estimated that Glasgow boasts the highest concentration of pubs per capita anywhere in Europe-a feat, considering how popular drink is in countries such as Germany and the Czech Republic-at least thats what we still can turn them on! Pubs are still dotted across the city and even today is still concentrations of drinking establishments, such as area Gallowgate once boasted an incredible 86 pubs stretch from Glasgow Parkhead-Cross to just over 2 miles. It is now a place for good pub crawl!

Despite many new initiatives such as the smoking ban and blanket warnings about the health risks of alcohol consumption, Glasgow still thrives today pub continues, although, often in a revised format. Many of them have diversified to food and also offer children's play areas in an attempt to attract a wider audience. Some, such as the Sloans bar in Argyll Street, offers a number of extra curricula activities as a regular ceilidh upstairs in the Grand Ballroom every Friday evening, or monthly Eat Movie nights where you can bag a meal, some beverages, watching a good movie and still have change from 50.

Landscape may have changed but Glasgow Pub scene is still as vibrant and diverse as it ever was.