Elvis an Old Stirling worthy (pic)

[SandyMcJ]

Recall seeing Elvis on many occasions. Also heard that he once collapsed and was taken to SRI and was cleaned up and shaved and that he was quite handsome underneath! Only very vague recollections of Soapy Moray. Think he might have been WW1 veteran and believe kids might have chanted 'Land of Soapy Moray' after him to tease him.
No pics of exteriors of bars you mentioned, but picture of burns supper in Argyll bar featured in Burns and Stirling leaflet in 2009 (my father-in-law was in picture!)

[polmont]

Here's a picture of The Original Bar from a glass slide taken about 1930 by an American tourist.

[stirling76]

Polmont,
what an extraordinary find! The old Original Bar. It shows a wealth of information, the close next to it is still there, leading to the spiritualist church. When this photograph was taken, there used to be a billiard hall above the bar. The entrance was up the close.
Next to that is the tiled entrance, also still there, to what was at that time an annex to the Golden Lion Hotel, later staff quarters.
This really is a great picture. Do have any details where you got it from?

many thanks.

[polmont]

Photo of The Original Bar is an original glass slide taken by an American tourist on a motor coach tour in southern Scotland circa 1930.  I have no other info except that they were from the Philadelphia area and took several other short tours in Britain and northern France on the same Transatlantic trip.  No other Scottish pub photos in the group.

[Fergie38]

Posted this photo in response to a PM by Keith.

As can be seen from a previous photo on this thread, the entire corner building has been replaced by a more modern one.

[MARYS1995]

one of my older cousins was a nurse and used to tell us about having to de-louse elvis,and there was no reason for him to ask people for money,according to my cousin,because he was wearing it!!!

[Helen Taylor]

Soapy Moray roamed Stirling during the day and slept in the market where Tescos is now. It was a sack he carried over his shoulder, which clinked with empty bottles. Soapy was a foul mouthed always angry alcoholic. Soapy had a walking stick and thought nothing of hurtling it at you for no reason. I remember him well as i used to have to pass him at times when i attended Stirling High, now, The Highland Hotel.

[Sandy McLean]

Came across this on the Old Stirling facebook site

[Zetland1000]

'Elvis' was actually called John Bell.  I was a Police Constable in Stirling and was given the task of taking him to a special unit adjacent to Bellsdyke hospital for treatment.  On our return my colleague and I, and our van, had to be fumigated.
I think the other person mentioned was 'Dot' Scott rather than 'Doc' - he lived at the top of the town