Why no pubs in America?

[Lachlan09]

This paragraph pretty much describes many of the immigrant saloons that dotted America's major urban areas in the late 19th and early 20th century as well.

T.

Aye, Cajun, the problem is that in Scotland, these types of pubs were still on the go in the 1970's onward !

I remember going through to Glasgow in 1976 to see The Who, Alex Harvey, Little Feat etc at Parkhead (Glasgow Celtic FC’s stadium) and we strolled into a pub in London Road, near the ground. First off, it was like a Western when the strangers come through the door. Everything stopped ! Conversations halted in mid-sentence sort of thing. The pub was chairless and table-less. We made an order and the barman, seeing a woman in our midst and hearing our strange foreign accents (Edinburgh and the East of Scotland), ushered us through to the back-room, where there were decrepit chairs and tables. The locals’ eyes followed us. When the drinks arrived, I took my pint and as I started to drink out of the straight-sided glass, I felt a clunk ! against my teeth. It was part of a rim from another glass ! Probably the remnants of a fracas the night-before.