Sauchiehall Street
Long shopping and nightlife street, once home to a variety theatre feared by touring comedians.
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This guide to Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow follows the comedians who came here to work, when the Glasgow Empire variety theatre stood at the street's eastern end. It centres on the first booking there of the London double act Mike and Bernie Winters. Des O'Connor, Bob Monkhouse and Ken Dodd turn up too. Best heard near the West Nile Street corner.
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