FROM footballing legend Jim Baxter pouring a pint in the Sportsmans Bar in Govan and smiling children outside a milk bar in Cowcaddens’ Maitland Street, to the day in a Glasgow bar when new Sunday drinking hours came into operation in 1962, the city’s pubs and bars continue to be the talk of the nation today.

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Here, we’ve sifted through the Herald and Times archives to take a look at the most significant pictures that truly reflect the drinking scene in Scotland’s biggest - and best - city.

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