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cybers · Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:56 pm Post subject:

Had a few good nights and days in the Sarry when i was younger and still drinking.
The cellar is supposed to be haunted

or so the old wags used to claim...
Though it has also been said recently in the times i think it was that Angus has been seen pulling pints

Noo that would sh!t me right up as he barred me...

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sputnik · Single Fish Joined: 04 Oct 2008 Posts: 195

the sarry is one pub i have nevered ventured into,what it like inside?

cybers · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:22 am Post subject:

It used to be like a proper pub floorboards, booths and bevvy...
When it was refurbed in the early 90's i was never in it again as they tried to make it a bistro instead of a hostelry...
Though i heard they had to change it back sharpish as it spiralled into financial decline.
I always found it quite welcoming place as long as you entered with an open mind and were not looking for a swanky wine bar...
Good Palce to get charged up at cheap prices before an all out assault on the town.

The wife's mammy and her boyfriend both worked behind the bar...

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Doog Doog · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:02 pm Post subject:

cybers · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:44 pm Post subject:

I remember getting flaggons of shammy for a party and waking up as if a stick of dynamite had went off between the ears and zanussi were test driving my stomach for a new washing machine model.

Scared to think of how many of them i drank over the years
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Doorstop · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:36 am Post subject:

Doog Doog · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:07 pm Post subject:

james73 · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:50 pm Post subject:

Traders bid to save Barras (Evening Times)

BARRAS traders have created an action plan to overhaul Scotland's most famous
market in a bid to stop it suffering the same fate as other sites forced to close
down.

Legitimate traders are exasperated with the criminal gangs peddling contraband
and counterfeit goods at the market and are concerned they are not getting
value for money for their rents.

The traders have held discussions with Glasgow City Council and its arm's-length
agency, City Markets LLP, which runs municipal markets on its behalf, with the
authorities said to be receptive to the regeneration proposals.

Among the improvement plans would be more signage directing tourists and
visitors to Glasgow to The Barras and removing the eyesores blighting the area.

The council could even provide surplus land to help enable the changes.

Senior councillors have recently said that transforming rundown sites within
The Barras would improve the area and boost wider improvements, and that
there has been an eagerness to do something with the market for some time.

But one key problem has been the dozen-plus different owners in The Barras,
with most accused of not wanting to spend money on improvements.

The Barras Enterprise Trust, which was set up almost 30 years ago to promote
the market and encourage its regeneration and revitalisation, has endured
a turbulent history, but some traders are now keen to force through their own
agenda.

A source said: "These are people whose hearts are in the right place, legitimate
traders fed up with the hold these criminal gangs have had on The Barras for
the best part of 15 years.

"They've put together their own regeneration plan to overhaul the place as they
are fed up that the regime at the helm of The Barras Enterprise Trust has failed
to bring about the changes they feel entitled to. Some talks have been held with
various parts of the city council, which have gone well seeing as the authority
has been desperate for some time to get people around The Barras to be more
proactive."

The Barras has a long tradition in the East End of Glasgow, with hawkers selling
from handcarts in the early part of the 20th century.

James H
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dickyhart · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:12 pm Post subject: