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Byres Road Back in Time: Over 100 years of West End history in 9 pictures

These are old photographs showing the changing face of one of Glasgow’s best known streets

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.

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.

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