Music icon Sir Rod Stewart recently made his first ever visit to Angels Hotel in Uddingston on Wednesday, 13 May, where he was presented with a special framed photograph in memory of Celtic legend Harry Hood.
Sir Rod specifically asked to visit what he called “Harry Hood’s Angels Hotel” – a personal tribute to the man who founded the bar and remains one of Celtic’s most celebrated figures. The framed photograph, taken in 2017, captures Harry Hood with his family alongside Moussa Dembele, who officially opened Harry’s Bar that year.
The photograph brings together two players who share a unique place in Celtic history. Harry Hood scored a hat-trick against Rangers in the Scottish League Cup semi-final on 5 December 1973. Moussa Dembele remains the only other Celtic player to achieve the same feat, scoring his hat-trick against Rangers on 10 September 2016.
Siobhan Edwards, daughter of Harry Hood, said on behalf of the family, “It was a great honour and privilege to know that Sir Rod remembered our late father. He met our father and mother in France a few years before Dad passed away, and we have a wonderful photograph of Sir Rod with our father from that evening. Unfortunately my brother Nicky and I were in Spain sorting out our late mother Kathleen’s estate and were unable to be there in person, but Joanna Spencer, Operations Director at Lisini Pub Company Limited, represented the family on our behalf. We know Dad would have been deeply touched by Sir Rod’s gesture.”
Joanna Spencer, Operations Director at Lisini Pub Company Limited, added, “It was a very special and emotional evening. It meant a great deal that Sir Rod specifically wanted to come and see Harry Hood’s Angels Hotel, and we were honoured to present him with the framed photograph on behalf of the Hood family.”
The photograph now takes its place at Angels Hotel – a permanent tribute to a Celtic legend.
