Rutherford's

Bar Staff

Recollections

1.

Neil Scott

Edinburgh

Thank you to Neil Scott for allowing me to reproduce this photograph.

Neil wrote

Bar Staff

"This photo is of the bar staff at Rutherford’s, probably around 1960.  Bob Turnbull (the Licensee) is on the extreme left (in the suit), I am next to him – with the beard and pint!  The chap on the right, drinking the pint, is Doug Brown, but my memory fails to identify the other two, unfortunately.  Maybe some visitors to your site will recognise them"

Neil Scott, Edinburgh:  October 25,, 2008

Question

Do you recognise the two un-named bar staff in the photograph above?   If so, please email me to let me know, then I'll pass on the details to Neil Scott.

Thank you.  -  Peter Stubbs:   October 25, 2008

Recollections

2.

Eric Gold

East London

Thank you Eric Gold who replied:

Rutherfords

"I loved Neil's photo of Rutherford’s.  That photo takes me back.

Bob the owner looked younger then (ha ha ha ha), but I can’t remember the staff who were featured in the photo with Bob.  I was wee at the time.

Bob was a great friend of my uncle Tommy (Cokie), well known in Edinburgh’s Southside. When Cokie died in 1975 Bob organised all the coaches, and after a funeral wake and all the booze was free to friends and family.

Bob missed Cokie a lot, and I too miss Cokie and Bob.

I would sell my latest toy, my Sony HD top of the range TV,  just to be able to go back in time, to walk in on Bob and say “Goodness this place needs decorating” (ha ha ha ha) and Bob would have me paying for the paint and labour (ha ha ha).

Eric Gold, East London

Recollections

3.

Neil Scott

Edinburgh

I asked Neil who had taken the photograph of the bar staff at Rutherford's.

Neil replied:

The Photo

"I took the photo!   I had a Pentax S1a in those days, and simply put it on a chair in the bar, set the self-timer, and – well you know the rest!"

1960 and 2007

"Incidentally, if you compare my photo of the bar area, with the colour one taken in 2007, you will see that the bar fittings and surrounds have hardly changed in over 40 years!!!"

Neil Scott, Edinburgh:  October 26, 2008

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