Frank McNally and family in the Brazen Head in Glasgow, once deemed one of Scotland's toughest pubs
During a family weekend in Glasgow recently, my daughter insisted we visit a pub that – I’ve since learned – the Strathclyde police once tried to close because it was considered so violent.
It’s called the Brazen Head, like the famously old (and unconnected) establishment in Dublin, except that this one is pronounced “Brazzen Heid” in the local dialect.
So did we have to mind our heids while there? Was the air of menace palpable? Not at all. Judged admittedly on a brief experience in early evening, it would have to be on a shortlist of the friendliest pubs I’ve ever visited.
No doubt our accents helped.
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