In 2007 Glasgow City Council mulled over plans for a new bar and nightclub in the city's Botanic Gardens.
However, after plenty of opposition from west end residents, the proposals were soon scrapped.
The move would have seen the old Botanic Gardens Railway Station brought back to life, with a visitor centre, cafe and restaurant, while the nightclub would be situated underground, where the platforms still sit today.
And unbeknown to many, it wouldn't have been the first ever nightclub at the iconic Glasgow landmark, which was once home to the then famous Sgt. Peppers.
Having opened in 1896, the building itself was a well known landmark along Great Western Road - with its two towers topped by onion domes that resembled a Russian orthodox church above a steep pitched roof of red tiles and black-and-white half-timbering.
Designed by renowned Glasgow railway architect James Miller (who designed the main buildings for the 1901 International Exhibition and St Enoch's Subway station), the ornate red brick structure was converted into shops in 1939 after the closure of the station.
For a period of time it served as the site of the Bill Murdoch Dance Studio and The Candlelight Club in the early 60's, and by the late 1960's was occupied by a popular cafe called The Silver Slipper and Sgt. Peppers nightclub, as well as Morton's plumbing shop.
The Silver Slipper was popular among Glaswegians, who would call in for a pie and beans or hot orange or ice cream before or after a walk around the park.
It was owned by Emilio and Teresa Gizzi, who would go on to open Gizzis restaurant at the top of Byres Road (with the original sign having pride of place on the wall of the new restaurant).
Sgt. Peppers proved a popular place for people to go and see live music, with bands and artists of the era such as Rory Gallagher, The Poets and The Trinkets performing there.
While it also hosted gigs on occasion by a certain prog rock group called Tear Gas - who would go on to form The Sensational Alex Harvey band with Alex Harvey.
Unfortunately, the building was ravaged by fire in March 1970, which is believed to have broken out during a ‘battle of the bands’ contest in the venue after someone left a cigarette burning in the attic space.
Safety concerns meant the council decided to tear down the iconic building, and while plans were afoot to rebuilt the place with the intent that it would be used as a cafe, nothing ever happened until they resurfaced in 2007.
