{"id":872213,"date":"2026-04-04T19:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/872213\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T19:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:54:18","slug":"trainspotting-fans-tribute-to-iconic-scene-mounted-on-pub-in-the-wrong-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/872213\/","title":{"rendered":"Trainspotting fan&#8217;s tribute to iconic scene mounted on pub in the WRONG city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-modal=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fe4dc923-e500-4b8d-b17b-702b573b7ff2.jpg\" alt=\"Blue plaque for Francis Begbie, character from Trainspotting.\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16118528\" width=\"2729\" height=\"2252\"  \/>26-03-2026.News \u2013 Trainspotting 30yrs on \u2013 what are the areas of Edinburgh featured in the film like now \u2013 Kevin Duguid investigates drug issues in Muirhouse, Pilton and Leith\u2026Plaque on\u2026Credit: Andrew Barr<\/p>\n<p>A TRAINSPOTTING fan placed a plaque in tribute to a famed bar scene from the film on the wrong pub.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/tv\/film\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">movie<\/a> buff hailed hardman Francis Begbie \u2014 played by Robert Carlyle, 64 \u2014 with the official looking blue heritage-style honour.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Scottish Sun newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Robert Carlyle threw a glass in the iconic scene<\/p>\n<p>Jack More, manager of The Volley in Leith, Edinburgh, said the plaque appeared out of the blue last yearCredit: Andrew Barr<\/p>\n<p>The Volley in Leith, EdinburghCredit: Andrew Barr<\/p>\n<p>It says on the wall of The Volley boozer in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/edinburgh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edinburgh<\/a>\u2019s Leith: \u201cFrancis Begbie star of Trainspotting glassed some lassie\u2019s face at this spot 23 February 1996.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But although the scene was set at the bar it was actually filmed in what was then the Crosslands pub in the west end of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/glasgow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glasgow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The misplaced plaque refers to Begbie throwing a pint glass over his shoulder and it smashing into a woman\u2019s face, after he boasts about battering a punter with a pool cue.<\/p>\n<p>It is embossed with an Edinburgh City Council logo.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/16075785\/trainspotting-the-musical-west-end-debut\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NINTCHDBPICT000658036887.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">LUST FOR LIFE<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Major new Trainspotting show announced and fans of cult classic will love it<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/tv\/16076031\/irvine-welsh-brutal-verdict-brit-creativity-dead\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TM-23-03-Robbie-Scott_COMP-1.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">TUNESPOTTING<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Trainspotting author gives brutal verdict on reason Brit creativity is dead<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Volley\u2019s manager Jack More, 23, said: \u201cIt wasn\u2019t us. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was walking home one night and I caught it with the corner of my eye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone has just put it there. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no idea who. It\u2019s a mystery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMost read in The Scottish Sun\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/glasgow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trainspotting<\/a> fan said: \u201cIt\u2019s one of the most iconic scenes in the film but everyone knows it wasn\u2019t shot inside The Volley.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tour guide Paul Stewart provides a Trainspotting tour in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIt wasn\u2019t filmed there \u2013 it was filmed in Glasgow. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the book it\u2019s a bar in Rose Street in Edinburgh. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Auld Hundred was the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/pubs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pub<\/a> with a balcony in Rose Street, so I\u2019m assuming it was supposed to be in there. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was based on a real life event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Trainspotting plaque outside The Volley in Leith, EdinburghCredit: Andrew Barr\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"26-03-2026.News \u2013 Trainspotting 30yrs on \u2013 what are the areas of Edinburgh featured in the film like now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,1889,712,16,15,15257],"class_list":["post-872213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edinburgh","tag-britain","tag-edinburgh","tag-great-britain","tag-pubs","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wetherspoon"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116348195192847791","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}