Saturday, 9 April 2011

THE NELSON - ANN STREET - 80'S

The Nelson in Ann Street was a pub I knew of by name only - it wasn't one I've been in.
This picture of it, looking down Nelson Street, would have been taken around about the same time as the ad which is dated 1987, when Bobbie Glennie was the host with the most!
Nelson himself may have been victorious in his campaigns, but for The Nelson it was a losing battle. Along came the Dundee bulldozers and the little watering-hole on the corner sank without trace!
Photo by The Bear.
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12 comments:

  1. Anonymous9 April 2011 at 09:42

    ended up very rough

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  2. Jen @ Jen's Place10 April 2011 at 00:57

    It was still standing in 2002 - when did it get pulled down? Iloved how it said "purveyors of hard liquor" above the door ha ha!

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  3. David Evans11 April 2011 at 02:58

    This was my local in 1966, lived just down the road 20 Nelson Street, had many a good time in there, the landlord at the time was "George ???" prices 1 shilling and 10 pence a pint. Dominoes was the game most played then. Was a lovely friendly place back them, good beer too.

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  4. Neale E13 April 2011 at 14:45

    George McDougall was the landlord shown in the Dundee Directory.

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  5. Anonymous2 May 2011 at 12:41

    Glennie made a James Hunt of running this boozer, same as he done in Harlequins & the Michelin club

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  6. Anonymous2 May 2011 at 14:14

    Glennie the Leg end

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  7. P. Marr6 June 2011 at 16:28

    Glennie the piss head, more like...
    Did he no get the heave fae Dens hospitality as well fir makin a fool of himself?

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  8. Anonymous19 June 2011 at 16:58

    glennie is god to all you jealous mofos out there! grow up and get over it jealousy gets you know where! keep up the good work bobbie long live boab g the life long dee ...... legend!!!

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  9. juneable8 January 2015 at 13:01

    I lived at 12 Nelson St through the 60's into the 70's. It was always known as 'The Nelson Bar' and as far as I'm aware it was always a 'hard bar', but me and my friend used to go guising in and out the bars along Ann St and down the hill. I danced, she sang and we made a fortune and never had any trouble-we did this for 3 or 4 years & were around 11years old

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  10. Unknown15 December 2018 at 15:45

    Big mistake dougie Bissell took over

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  11. James6 February 2020 at 15:55

    My gran lived above it for years. I remember it from 1987 as though it was yesterday. I'm an Arab which amused Bobby when I went in. Visited again in 2009 and asked a passer by where it went. They looked at me as though I was stupid. They'd never seen the Nelson.

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  12. Patti-G23 June 2021 at 08:10

    During the 1970s my Mum and Dad were regulars at the Nelson bar on a Saturday night. They grew up in that area especially my dad he lived in Ann street as a youngster they had great memories of that pub.

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