Byres Road is one of Glasgow’s most recognisable and well-known streets that remains a bustling thoroughfare in the West End of the city.
There has been many changes on the street but many features of Byres Road are still noticeable today. It was once a completely separate village to Glasgow known as the ‘Bishop’s Byres’ with the Byres part having likely came from the Scots word for cow shed as the area was fairly rural.
Here is a look back at the changing face of the famous Glasgow street.
1. Curlerls Rest
The Curlers Rest is a Glasgow West End institution with it being pictured here in 1976. The pub was formerly called the Curlers Tavern and is the oldest drinking establishment on Byres Road. | Supplied
2. Byres Road (1977)
Just another day on Byres Road in 1977. | Chris Doak
3. Byres Road (1980)
Looking north on Byres Road at Hillhead subway station in 1980. | BFI
4. Ashton Lane Entrance
Decorators work away on a shop front at the entrance of Ashton Lane which many a Glaswegian will have walked up over the years. | Glasgow City Archives