The Woodside Hotel, Doune, has a special place in the history of both my mother’s family and my father’s family.
Rab Scott – my maternal grandfather – used to regularly take us all to the Woodside Hotel for Sunday dinner. As a wee boy I always used to order, most proudly, a glass of tomato juice. This still remains my favourite drink!
My paternal grandfather, Henry Gordon, after his first wife died, married his housekeeper ‘Peggy’. They spent their honeymoon at the Woodside Hotel.
My children, now young adults, have dined with us at the Woodside throughout their growing years. It has been a special place for us. The food was always marvellous – good Scottish fare -and the host Suzanne was one of the friendliest proprietors you were likely to ever meet.
Moray Sutherland Mackay recorded this history of the Woodside in 1955:
Currently the Woodside is being renovated under new ownership. We wish the new owners well. Here are a few photographs taken today [27 August 2022]:
Some years back, I made this film about the Woodside Hotel:
All wrapped up the same:
To play this short film please click here.