By Barbara Neilson of Glasgow City Archives
Ross s Dairies 1930. Pic: Glasgow City Archives Do you remember getting a cake from the City Bakeries? Did you buy sweets from Birrell’s, or an ice cream from Ross’s Dairies? What about fresh fruit from Lipton’s or Malcolm Campbell’s? Although these shops have now disappeared from Glasgow’s streets, they were once common sights in the city. Photographs of shop fronts are among our most popular posts on our Facebook page. Many come from an amazing series generated by the Glasgow Corporation City Assessor’s Department during the 1920s and 1930s.