The Horse Shoe Bar
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| The Horse Shoe Bar | |
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.jpg) The pub's exterior, 2012 | |
 Interactive map of the The Horse Shoe Bar area | |
| General information | |
| Type | Public house |
| Location | Drury Street, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°51′40″N 4°15′23″W / 55.86098°N 4.25647°W |
| Website | |
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The Horse Shoe Bar (or Horseshoe Bar) is a public house on Drury Street, Glasgow, Scotland.
A bar opened on the site as far back as 1846 when William Turnbull, a local spirits dealer moved in to the premises.[1] The licence changed several times in subsequent years before being taken over by John Scoullar in 1884.[2] As part of his tenancy he renamed it The Horse Shoe Bar, in keeping with the equine names of his other bars.[1] The pub is said to have the longest bar in Britain, measuring 104 feet (32 m).[3]
In 1988 the building was listed as a Category A building of historic importance.[1][4]
The bar was key in the formation of Glasgow band Travis. Drummer Neil Primrose was working behind the bar when he told his friend Fran Healy about a band called Glass Onion, who played in the bar.[5] Healy saw them at the bar and subsequently joined them.[6] They used the pub as a rehearsal space early in their career and a number of their gold discs are displayed in the pub.[1]