What happened here?
The building at 19 Bank Street in Kirriemuir, a small market town in the Angus glens of Scotland, was the Scott family bakery — established in the 1920s by Bon Scott's paternal grandfather Alexander and run by Bon's parents, Charles ('Chick') and Isabelle ('Isa'), during his early childhood. Ronald Belford Scott was born on July 9, 1946 in nearby Forfar and grew up in Kirriemuir until 1952, when the family emigrated to Australia under the government's Ten Pound Poms scheme, settling first in Melbourne and later in Fremantle, Western Australia. The bakery was the family's livelihood and social anchor in Scotland before their departure.
Bon Scott went on to become the lead vocalist of AC/DC, one of the most commercially successful rock bands in history, and one of its most beloved and irreverent frontmen. His working-class Scottish origins — the baker's son from the Angus glens who became a rock and roll god — are part of what made him who he was. Kirriemuir has embraced its connection to him fully: a bronze statue was unveiled in the town in 2016, and BonFest, an annual rock music festival held in his honour, draws fans from around the world each April.
The building at 19 Bank Street still stands in the centre of Kirriemuir. A commemorative note in the window has reportedly identified it as the original Scott family premises. In 2026, as part of events marking what would have been Bon Scott's 80th birthday, plans were made for a pop-up Bon Scott merchandise store at the Bank Street address. The town has become a genuine pilgrimage destination for AC/DC fans, with the bakery, the statue, and the family home all within easy walking distance of each other.