6th March 2007
After its original life as an old-style supermarket type place called "Coopers" (those of a certain age may recall subsequently "Coopers Fine Fare" which became "Safeway", which is now "Morrisons"), this building became a Mexican Bar called "Chimmy Chungas" and as such it featured in John Byrne's BBC drama series "Tutti Frutti" in 1987 as the workplace of the character played by Emma Thompson (with a passable Glasgow accent!). This was the series which Robbie Coltrane apparently credits with launching his career, and in it he played the lead character "Big Jazza". The series was about The Majestics, Scotland's "Kings of Rock" and it also starred Richard Wilson (later of "One Foot in the Grave" fame) as Eddie Clockerty.
It then became for a long time Bar Oz, a very ordinary chain-pub with an Australian theme, and its current name presumably harks back to its original incarnation. Circle of Life and all that!
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