Just because they are dressed as cowboys does not mean they are gunning for trouble.
This trio of gents asked for whisky, but they were out to enjoy a night of good old country music at Glasgow’s ever popular Grand Ole Opry.
This photograph was taken in February 1980, just six years after the venue opened as a Country & Western club at Paisley Road Toll.
In the 1980s the club became home to the Glasgow Gunslingers, where on Tuesday nights they would fire blanks at balloons in a race against the clock to see who was the fastest draw in the West of Scotland.
The good news is the Grand Ole Opry, with seating for more than 450 people, is still going strong and is still is the largest of its kind in the UK.
It might not be the Wild West, but for those who like to show their love of country music and cowboy clothes it’s still the best home on the range.
Posh people call it Hopscotch, but in Scotland it is known as playing peever or just ‘beds’.
Using a stone or, more often, a shoe polish tin filled with dirt to get round the marked squares required good balance.
It certainly would not be easy if you were carrying a set of bagpipes at the same time. Tommy Rodger, of Annie Miller’s Bar, had some fun in Argyle Street in March 1993 when Glasgow hosted the World Peever Championship
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