The Crosslands
The Crosslands was a public house in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, Scotland, that featured in the 1996 film Trainspotting. It is now known as BrewHaus.
Location
[edit]The pub is located on the north end[1] of Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow.[2]
History
[edit]The building was originally constructed as a Baptist Chapel.[3]
In 2015, the historically working-class pub[4] was given a £40,000 refurbishment by new owners Kained Holdings in an attempt to attract more middle-class customers.[5] In 2016, it was known as The Kelbourne Saint[6] and by 2022 it was called BrewHaus.[2]
Feature in Trainspotting
[edit]The Crosslands appears in a scene in Danny Boyle's 1996 Trainspotting, in the scene character Francis "Franco" Begbie throws a pint glass from the pubs mezzanine area to the area below, injuring a female patron[4] and starting a fight.[5]
The film's producers paid the pub's owners £700 and its customers £20 each plus free drinks to get their approval to shoot the scene.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Taylor, Marianne (18 Aug 2019). "Scotland's Insider Guide: North Kelvinside". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ a b Hyndland, Patrick (15 Feb 2022). "10 pictures of Trainspotting filming locations in Glasgow - as the film turns 26". Glasgow World.
- ^ "View map: New Parliamentary Divisions 1918. New Plan of Glasgow with Suburbs, from Ordnanc... - Town Plans / Views, 1580-1919". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ a b English, Paul. "Robert Carlyle's Begbie for PM? You must be on another planet". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ a b Mair, Findlay (2015-10-23). "Pub made famous by Trainspotting undergoes posh makeover". Daily Record. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ Loney, Gillian (2016-12-01). "Kelbourne Saint opens - take a look at makeover of Trainspotting pub Crosslands". GlasgowLive. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ McKenna, Kevin (2017-01-28). "Begbie's balcony and Spud's cafe: classic Trainspotting haunts 20 years on". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-11-21.