Loof or Luif is an old Scots word for palm, and the name is said to have originated with a local fortune-teller who offered to tell Mary Queen of Scots her fate at the upcoming Battle of Langside in 1568, as long as she crossed her loof (or palm) with silver. This story seems to have then inspired the architects Clarke and Bell to include the symbol of a palm with a cross on it (or in other words a crossed palm) on their design for the 1912 Corona Bar.
Decorative detail over an entrance to the Corona Bar on Pollokshaws Road on the Southside of Glasgow. The symbol in the middle is a play on the local place name Crossmyloof.
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Loof or Luif is an old Scots word for palm, and the name is said to have originated with a local fortune-teller who offered to tell Mary Queen of Scots her fate as she headed for a showdown with the Earl of Moray at the Battle of Langside in 1568, as long as the Queen crossed her loof (i.e. crossed her palm) with silver. Hence, the use of a palm with a cross on it (or in other words a crossed palm) on Clarke and Bell's 1912 Corona Bar.
Mosaic threshold at the entrance to the Corona Bar on Pollokshaws Road on the Southside of Glasgow. The symbol in the middle is a play on the local place name Crossmyloof.
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I love this domed turret with its ornate clock on the top of the Corona Bar on Pollokshaws Road. Built in 1912, it was designed by the highly under-rated Clarke and Bell, who deserve to be much more widely known and respected than they currently are.
