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.
Join us as we take a trip down memory lane on one of Glasgow’s best known streets and look at the changes to it over the years.
1. Byres Road (1977)
Just another day on Byres Road in 1977. | Chris Doak
2. Hillhead Post Office
Woolworths and Hillhead Post office pictured on Byres Road. | Barclay Price
3. Curlerls Rest
Curlers Rest is a Glasgow West End institution with it being pictured here in 1976. | Supplied
4. University Cafe
The University Cafe is a Glasgow West End institution having been serving locals since 1918. | Barclay Price