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EXCLUSIVE: "I Just Want My Community Back”: The Fight to Save Old Dumbarton Road From Unlicensed Takeovers

EXCLUSIVE: "I Just Want My Community Back”: The Fight to Save Old Dumbarton Road From Unlicensed Takeovers

Takeaways and Cafe push out essential shops in Yorkhill

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Oct 01, 2024
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EXCLUSIVE by Gary Fanning

In the heart of Yorkhill, one woman’s voice echoes a deep and growing frustration felt by many. “We have no shops in our area, and I just want my community back,” she says.

Her words capture the discontent brewing on Old Dumbarton Road, a neighbourhood that, in the eyes of its residents, is being overrun by unlicensed takeaways and cafes while essential shops disappear.

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