The Barras

The Barras is a major street and indoor weekend market in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland.

The term "Barra" is Glaswegian dialect for "barrow" relating to the market's early years where traders sold their wares from handcarts.

In 1926, Maggie McIver decided to cover the market mainly to protect clothing hawkers from having their stock ruined.

[citation needed] In 2016, with market stalls quieter than in previous decades, the city council looked at proposals to redevelop the area.

One year, when McIver was unable to hire the hall, she decided to build her own, the famous Barrowland Ballrooms which opened Christmas Eve 1934.