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Picture source: Peter Ashworth

The Scotsman was situated on Kirkgate.

Source: Dave Lewis

The Scotsman was another basic city centre boozer. I recall a single large room approached from one of two entrances on Kirkgate. On Friday evenings it was invariably busy and always lively. The impression was that copious quantity of Tetleys Keg had been downed. Prior to 1931. the pub was owned by Wallers Bradford Brewery. A Brewery History Society list of pubs refers to “Drayton Moor Arms formerly Queens Arms formerly Royal Standard, Kirkgate The Calls (Oct 1873) Later Scotchman Inn. Then the Scotchman Stores sold 1931” Melbourne Brewery acquired the premises that year and I am assuming it was they who renamed it the Scotsman. The pub was full of characters offering both conversation and laughter. I always enjoyed a visit to the Scotsman and returned on several occasions. The Scotsman closed in c1993 and the Building converted to an Amusement Centre. A petition in July 1993 objecting to the Brewery’s intentions to sell the pub was unsuccessful.

David Jameson, Beer Leeds magazine, Spring 2025

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