Andy_European, 30 days ago

@thisismyglasgow Yorkhill hospital?

bazzargh, 29 days ago

@Andy_European @thisismyglasgow it seems unlikely as the hospital's the other way. This old description of the horseshoe https://www.followfollow.com/forum/threads/an-old-story-about-a-pub-in-the-gorbals-from-the-30%E2%80%99s.220180/ and a more recent one https://www.oldglasgowpubs.co.uk/sylvesters.html suggest Family Department is just what they used to call the family area of the bar - that building's been a pub since the 1880s

... better link: George "McCallum’s brother John was the first to introduce the family department system to Glasgow pubs" https://oldglasgowpubs.com/the-big-glen

thisismyglasgow, 29 days ago

@bazzargh @Andy_European Yes, that does seem to be the origin of it, and there seems to be quite a few other similar ones on old pubs around Glasgow and beyond. 👍🙂