The Gothenburg, Fallin

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The Gothenburg
Fallin Public House Society Limited
Photo of the Goth in 2014
The Goth in 2014
Named afterThe Gothenburg system
FoundedOpened 4 November 1910 (1910-11-04)
TypeRegistered Society (395RS)[1]
HeadquartersFallin, Stirling, Scotland
Coordinates56°06′06″N 3°51′55″W / 56.10168°N 3.86529°W / 56.10168; -3.86529Coordinates: 56°06′06″N 3°51′55″W / 56.10168°N 3.86529°W / 56.10168; -3.86529
ServicesPublic house, function rooms
Members
365 (2017)[1]
Revenue
160,389 (2017)[1]

The Gothenburg, or simply The Goth, is a community-run pub in the former mining village of Fallin, near Stirling, Scotland.[2][1]

Founded in 1910, it is one of the few remaining pubs in Scotland still run under the Gothenburg system – with at least 95% of the profits gifted to community causes.[3] During miners' strikes the Goth hosted soup kitchens and supported miners' strike funds.[4] It remains as a marker of the village's mining history.[5]

The Goth has close ties to the neighbouring bowls club.[6][4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Mutuals Public Register: Fallin Public House Society Limited". mutuals.fca.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  2. ^ Mair, Craig (2010). The Gothenburg 1910 – 2010: a hundred years of history in Fallin. Fallin Public House Society Limited.
  3. ^ White, Gregor (2010-11-03). "Fallin's Goth celebrates 100 years". The Daily Record. Retrieved 2019-11-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b Mair, Craig (2011). "Fallin's Gothenburg Public House and Stirling's Forgotten Swimming Pool". Forth Naturalist and Historian. University of Stirling. 34: 145–151. doi:10.5284/1047558. ISBN 978-1-898008-69-9. ISSN 0309-7560.
  5. ^ Mills, Catherine; McIntosh, Ian (2020-01-02). "'I See the Site of the Old Colliery Every Day': Scotland's Landscape Legacies of Coal". Landscapes. 21 (1): 13–14. doi:10.1080/14662035.2020.1864095. ISSN 1466-2035. S2CID 233792586.
  6. ^ Glen, Ian James (December 2014). 'Community means the World to me': an ethnographic study of a public house and bowling club (PhD). University of Stirling. hdl:1893/21793. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
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