The Horse Shoe Bar

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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. The licence changed several times in subsequent years before being taken over by John Scoullar in 1884.{{cite web|url=https://www.sundaypost.com/in10/chat/five-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-city-of-glasgow/|publisher=Sundaypost.com|title=Five things you didn't know about the city of Glasgow|date=6 February 2016 |accessdate=23 January 2018}} As part of his tenancy he renamed it The Horse Shoe Bar, in keeping with the equine names of his other bars. The pub is said to have the longest bar in Britain, measuring 104 feet.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/glasgow/articles/glasgow-nightlife/|title=Glasgow nightlife|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=3 October 2017 |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk|accessdate=23 January 2018|last1=Bell |first1=Gavin }}

In 1988 the building was listed as a Category A building of historic importance.{{cite web|url=http://www.horseshoebar.co.uk/history.html|title=Horse Shoe Bar - Glasgow|publisher=www.horseshoebar.co.uk|accessdate=22 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/closing-time-for-scotland-s-historic-pubs-1-3111566|title=Closing time for Scotland's historic pubs|publisher=The Scotsman|accessdate=23 January 2018}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2001/jun/23/weekend7.weekend17|title=Songs in the key of life|newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 June 2001 |publisher=Guardian.com|accessdate=23 January 2018|last1=Cameron |first1=Keith }} Healy saw them at the bar and subsequently joined them.{{cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/TRAVIS%3B+They+were+Glass+Onion+-+They+played+in+grotty+toilets+-+And...-a061515631|title=TRAVIS; They were Glass Onion - They played in grotty toilets - And then Fran took over.|publisher=Freelibrary.com|accessdate=23 January 2018}} They used the pub as a rehearsal space early in their career and a number of their gold discs are displayed in the pub.