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The Gothenburg, or simply The Goth, is a community-run pub in the former mining village of Fallin, near
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. Founded in 1910, it is one of the few remaining pubs in Scotland still run under the Gothenburg system – with at least 95% of the profits gifted to community causes. During miners' strikes the Goth hosted soup kitchens and supported miners' strike funds. It remains as a marker of the village's mining history. The Goth has close ties to the neighbouring bowls club.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gothenburg, The Pubs in Scotland 1910 establishments in Scotland Temperance movement