A SCOTTISH pub has announced it will be closing down for good after more than 50 years.
The Signal Box bar and grill in Glasgow’s west end announced the closure “with a heavy heart” on Thursday. Its final day in business will be Sunday, February 25.
The Anniesland bar first opened in 1971 and in 2020 it pivoted into also working as a delivery and takeaway restaurant.
Glasgow City Council had approved the Signal Box bar – known as the Siggy to locals – for demolition with a block of flats to be built in its place.
But after a petition to reject the plan garnered more than 400 signatures, the 176 Fulton Street site (above) was kept open.
According to the website Old Glasgow Pubs, run by John Gorevan and his son, the Signal Box was first opened in 1971 by Tennent Caledonian Breweries as a themed railway bar.
Announcing the closure on social media, the Signal Box wrote: “It is with a heavy heart we announce that we will be closing permanently as of 10pm on Sunday February 25, 2024.
“I’d like to thank all the staff for all their hard work and all our punters for their support over the last few years!”
The business added in a later post: “A very sad day for the local community. Unfortunately this seems to be the recurring theme up and down the city.
“Small businesses and local establishments are clinging on to what they have just to try [to] stay afloat. It’s time we stood up and put the effort into supporting the community we grew up in and love so much.”
The Signal Bar urged anyone looking for a new local to try Barr and Stroud Bowling Club, saying it is “entering its 75th anniversary year and we as a community should do as much as we can to ensure the club makes it to its 100th”.
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