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Saltmarket, GLASGOW, G1 5LA

The site of Glasgow's first bank on the corner of Saltmarket and Bridgegate. The Glasgow Ship Bank was founded in 1750 by a number of the city's leading Tobacco Lords. The bank later moved premises to Glassford Street and a pub was opened here on the Saltmarket site in 1845. During rebuilding in 1904 a corner tower and cupola were added. The name 'Old Ship Bank' appears on the sandstone below the cupola.

At the corner of Bridgegate (right) and Saltmarket. Dated 1904, home to the Ship Bank Bar on the ground floor.

This was the site Glasgow's first bank The Ship Bank on the corner of Saltmarket and Bridgegate. The bank was founded in 1750 by a group of Glasgow's leading Tobacco Lords. The bank subsequently moved to new premises the building was used for shops and dwellings. In 1845 a public house opened on the ground floor. The premises were rebuilt in 1904 and the corner tower and cupola became a landmark.

Seen from Saltmarket, this fine tenement block with shops at ground level continues around the corner into Jocelyn Square. Another view of the building is at Image Built in 1905 and listed, category B, with details at: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32843

Established 1849.

The site of Glasgow's first bank, founded in 1750 by a group of 'Tobacco Lords'. It moved later to Glassford Street and this site was rebuilt for shops and dwellings. The ground-floor pub dates from 1845 and the corner tower and cupola were added in 1904.

At the corner of Bridgegate (right) and Saltmarket. The date stone shows 1904.

The distinctive Polka Dot Jersey is worn by the leader in the King of the Mountains competition in the Tour de France cycle race. The jersey can change hands several times during the course of the race (not the same physical jersey of course), the title going to the rider who leads the KoM competition on the final day of the 3000Km, three week long race, which takes in the Alps and the Pyrenees. In 1984, local boy Robert Millar became the first rider from outside of mainland Europe to win the KoM title, finishing fourth overall in the race into the bargain. Millar gifted this jersey (it's actually a skinsuit, used in time trials) to his friend and mentor Billy Bilsland, in whose bike shop on Saltmarket Image] it is on permanent display http://billybilslandcycles.co.uk/ . Until Manxman Mark Cavendish won the Sprinters Green Jersey in 2011 Image, Robert Millar was the only Briton to have won one of the three major jerseys in the Tour de France, the other being the Yellow Jersey of the overall winner. 2012 update: Bradley Wiggins this year became the first Briton to win the Yellow Jersey. See Millar in action in Glasgow in 1984 Image & Image

Tenements with shops on the corner of Jocelyn Square and Saltmarket, dating from 1905. The whole block is Category B listed [http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32843].