186 argyll street

[thock]

Can anyone tell me what was at 186 Argyle street Glasgow in the 1920īs. My grandparents were married there, and when i goggle this i find lots of other people married there too.
I think it is under central station  today???

[sancti]

The brewery, owned by William Buchanan, occupied a site on Argyle Street where the Grant Arms public house now stands. The Grant Arms, at 186-190 Argyle Street, is one of just two buildings known to have survived from the original Grahamston. The site has not always been devoted to alcoholic purposes. Around 1803 the brewery was closed and replaced by a tenement building, but the building was given a new frontage in 1902 and the pub was then created on the ground floor.

http://www.abandonedcommunities.co.uk/page192.html

[Hibee]

Is there a rail union HQ upstairs at the Grant Arms?

Hibee

[RJ_Paton]

Is there a rail union HQ upstairs at the Grant Arms?

Hibee

There used to be Scottish Transport Credit Union Offices there but I'm not sure if it is still occupied by them

[RJ_Paton]

Can anyone tell me what was at 186 Argyle street Glasgow in the 1920īs. My grandparents were married there, and when i goggle this i find lots of other people married there too.
I think it is under central station  today???

Marriages in Scotland (under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church) were rarely carried out in the church buildings at that time. The most common places for marriages were either the brides home address or the ministers home address (the manse). On some occasions a hall could be rented for the ceremony and celebrations afterwards.

The other option is that their marriage was an "irregular" one and they took the option to have it registered .... the registry entry should read along the lines of Marriage by Sheriffs warrant ..... if this was the case the location could well have been an office - usually a solicitors office - where the affidavits of witnesses were obtained and the information gathered for submission to the Sheriff. Marriage in a registrars office as we know Civil marriage today did not come into force in Scotland until the 1949 Act changed the law and enabled this.

[hanes teulu]

Post Office Directories Scotland - link
http://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office

1911-12 Post Office annual Glasgow Directory (latest available searchable on line) - page 231

EDEN (THE) M'CAUGHEY HOTELS & RESTAURANTS (vegetarian), 186 Argyle Street

regards

[RJ_Paton]

1927 Directory has at 186

Moorov. S
Patterson Hogg & Co.
Richfield. Paul

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glasgow/1927address755.jpg

BY 1943 there is no listing for 186 Argyle Street and the Grant Arms is listed as 188

[RJ_Paton]

I have just checked and Patterson, Hogg & Co were listed as writers (solicitors) in the 1911 Directory and in the 1927 Directory  .... I believe it may be reasonably safe to assume that their offices were the location used and referred to regarding the weddings although a lot depends upon the wording on the Marriage registration.