help to name a Pub in Cleland please

[KaypH]

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Thanks- is the pub marked Tait's pub on the photo that you remember being called Duddy's? Thanks Kay

[William Campbell]

In my youth this bar was never Kelly's Bar it was Duddy's pub one of three in the village the others were the Station Bar and the Dalrymple House there was also the Bellside but it was not strictly classed as being in Cleland, Duddy's was mainly RC while the Dalrymple and the Station were mainly Protestant.

[Lodger]

Update !!!!

Kelly's Bar is under new management and is now called Delaney's. All the football colours and paraphernalia have been removed and the new owners are trying very hard to make it "non-denominational". The owners of the Bellside should take a leaf from the Gallagher brothers book!
(The Gallagher's have named it "Delaney's" in memory of their late mother whose maiden name that was and not for any other reason.)

[Ian Nelson]

I believe the late, great musical artiste, Sidney Devine came from Cleland, cheers, Ian

[Rosinish]

Apologies to Kay for taking up a space irrelevant to this thread 

I believe the late, great musical artiste, Sidney Devine came from Cleland, cheers, Ian

Ian Nelson...

"Devine was born in Bellside, a settlement near the village of Cleland, North Lanarkshire, January 1940", he sadly passed away last year.

I was a big fan of Sidney Devine as a teenager & saw him live at Perth City Hall in the late 1970s.

Prior to Karaoke in pubs/clubs there would be sing-songs & one of my all time favourites (which I'd sing) was The Blackboard Of My Heart.

When my daughter was leaving primary school, I & a friend wrote a song to the tune of The Blackboard Of My Heart which was used as their 'Leaving Anthem' & continued for many years!

Annie

[KaypH]

Thanks all. I’ll ask Mum and Aunt about Duddy’s pub. I hadn’t given it a thought about the pub being denominational.  I’ll ask about that too.
As an aside, my Mum remembers Sydney Devine singing at the farmers dances in the 1950s.