Old Largs Photos and Postcards Quiz

Question 26 Answer

Charlie Lyle the owner of the Clachan (now the Waterside) in Bath Street.

During the storm Charlie Lyle collected customers from Robert F Duff with his yacht's dinghy and rowed then across a flooded Bath Street to the front of the Clachan. Prior to the new Largs Prom flood defences being built the Waterside, along with most of Bath Street, were flooded regularly during storms. The pub having a back door leading directly to the prom did not help matters. Before the Clachan the pub was called the Suez Canal. Its bar was shaped like the bow of a ship so never looked out of place during a pub flood.

Find out more about the history of Bath Street in our historical walk from Bath Street to the pencil article

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