The Britannia Music Hall in the Trongate was opened about this time by the late Mr. Brand, proprietor of the “Petrel,” a famous Sunday-breaker on the Clyde in those days. The “Brit,” as it was then called, was conducted on solid temperance lines.

It was there that James Taylor sang “Simple Simon” and “Sarah Walker,” for which he won the championship against the great Blanehard, of “Matilda Toots” fame. All the stars of the firmament appeared there.

I was there on the opening night, and little did I imagine then that I would later on appear as one of the great guns on the same stage, which I did.