Its ‘development from unremarkable byway to today’s modern thoroughfare’ is how the author describes the history of this legendary road in Glasgow’s West End. The book is divided into 21 chapters, beginning naturally with its origins as a dirt track and how it grew from there. The other chapters deal with various themes, enabling the author to talk about all the aspects of Byres Road in turn. He spent the first 20 years of his life growing up in Ruthven Lane, so the book is written from the heart, with love, many interesting stories, and a profusion of photographs.