In 1881, Paisley man James Rennie was blind drunk at Barassie Junction defiantly walking on the tracks when he was flattened by the 1030 express to Ayr. When the train moved off him the stationmaster picked him up and found him to be completely unharmed.
Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald. 9th July 1881. pg. 5.
“Goths” in Scotland were pubs aimed at LOWERING alcohol consumption and were to be strictly unwelcoming (no billiards, no gambling, no dominoes!). Gothenburg System pubs were shareholder owned and used profits to fund local community projects.
While they used to be common across the Central Belt and Fife, there may only be one pub left that is still run with the Gothenburg System (The Dean Tavern in Newtongrange, nr. Dalkeith, which was opened in 1899).
