While we often mourn the many great Glasgow institutions that gone the way of the dodo down the decades, it's important to celebrate those long-serving businesses that are still with us and thriving.
As it happens, the city has loads of shops that have defied the odds to survive everything from world wars, fires and economic recessions, to shifting consumer habits, internet shopping and even pandemics.
We're talking about those places that seem to have been about since your granny was knee high to a grasshopper. The ones that make you go: "Wow! Is that still there?!", when you pass by for the first time in ages on the bus or in the car.
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Glasgow Live examines nine magnificent city shops and businesses that have been around so long, they defy all logic. Click on the gallery link below to view our selection.
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