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The Crosslands in 2011

The Crosslands was a public house in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, Scotland, that featured in the 1996 film Trainspotting. It is now known as BrewHaus.

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Location

The pub is located on the north end [1] of Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow. [2]

History

The building was originally constructed as a Baptist Chapel. [3]

In 2015, the historically working-class pub [4] was given a £40,000 refurbishment by new owners Kained Holdings in an attempt to attract more middle-class customers. [5] In 2016, it was known as The Kelbourne Saint [6] and by 2022 it was called BrewHaus. [2]

Feature in Trainspotting

The Crosslands appears in a scene in Danny Boyle's 1996 Trainspotting, in the scene character Francis "Franco" Begbie throws a pint glass from the pubs mezzanine area to the area below, injuring a female patron [4] and starting a fight. [5]

The film's producers paid the pub's owners £700 and its customers £20 each plus free drinks to get their approval to shoot the scene. [7]

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  2. 1 2 Hyndland, Patrick (15 Feb 2022). "10 pictures of Trainspotting filming locations in Glasgow - as the film turns 26". Glasgow World.
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  4. 1 2 English, Paul. "Robert Carlyle's Begbie for PM? You must be on another planet". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  5. 1 2 Mair, Findlay (2015-10-23). "Pub made famous by Trainspotting undergoes posh makeover". Daily Record. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
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