Babbity Bowster
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Babbity Bowster
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe Taken: 21 Oct 2018
Category B listed building [http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32625] dating from about 1790 at 18 Blackfriars Street. The former house was refurbished in the 1980s and Babbity Bowster is a bar, restaurant and hotel. According to the bar's website [http://babbitybowster.com/], the Babbity Bowster was a late 18th century dance. “Babbity” being “bob at the” and “Bowster” meaning bolster or large pillow.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.858523
Longitude
-4.242934