Events making the headlines in 1987 included the Black Monday stock market crash, the Zeebrugge ferry disaster, Margaret Thatcher being elected UK Prime Minister for the third time, and the King's Cross fire.
On television viewers were tuning into the first episodes of ‘Tutti Frutti’, ‘Blackadder the Third’ and ‘ChuckleVision’, while at the cinema ‘The Living Daylights’, ‘Beverley Hills Cop II’, ‘The Witches of Eastwick’ and ‘Platoon’ saw film fans queue around the block.
In the music charts Rick Astley had the best-selling single of the year with ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, followed by ‘Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now’ by Starship, Whitney Houston’s ‘I Wanna Dance With Sombody (Who Loves Me)’, ‘You Win Again’ by The Bee Gees, and T’Pau’s ‘China in Your Hand’.
It was also the year that future tennis champ Andy Murray was born and the first of Ian Rankin’s hugely successful Edinburgh-set Inspector Rebus novels, Knots and Crosses, was published.
And there was plenty going on in Edinburgh, including a fair number of famous faces, a snow storm and Edinburgh Festival fun.
Here are 30 pictures to take you back to Scotland’s Capital in 1987.
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. Braving the rain
Walkers and their dogs brave the rain to wash their faces in the morning dew at the top of Arthur's Seat during the traditional May Day ceremony in 1987. Photo: Joe Steele

. Bargain hunters
Crowds shopping in Princes Street shop during the Boxing Day sales in Edinburgh 1987. Photo: Alan Macdonald

. Pop icon
Scottish singer Annie Lennox in Edinburgh for the preview of the film 'Brand New Day' in August 1987. Photo: George Smith

. City centre
The shop fronts for Gray's, Hamilton & Inches and Martin & Frost on George Street in 1987. Photo: George Smith

. Danny boy
Singer and drag artist Danny La Rue in Edinburgh in November 1987. Photo: Bill Stout

. Faithful friend
A lone dog waits outside a Princes Street shop during the Boxing Day sales in Edinburgh 1987. Photo: Alan Macdonald

. Scottish star
Scottish actor Peter Capaldi outside a pie and game shop in Niddry Street, recreated for filming BBC TV's 'The Story of a Recluse' in June 1987. Photo: Stan Warburton

. Posting
Fly-posting on the windows of High Street shop Alex Sloan in Edinburgh in August 1987. Photo: Stan Warburton

1. Bargain hunters
Crowds shopping in Princes Street shop during the Boxing Day sales in Edinburgh 1987. Photo: Alan Macdonald

2. Pop icon
Scottish singer Annie Lennox in Edinburgh for the preview of the film 'Brand New Day' in August 1987. Photo: George Smith

3. City centre
The shop fronts for Gray's, Hamilton & Inches and Martin & Frost on George Street in 1987. Photo: George Smith

4. Danny boy
Singer and drag artist Danny La Rue in Edinburgh in November 1987. Photo: Bill Stout