Summer in Edinburgh: Here are 22 fascinating pictures of Capital residents enjoying sunny weather in the 1950s and 1960s
With temperatures continuing to rise, the forecast is for warm an sunny weather in Edinburgh over the next week.
Published 11th Jul 2022, 16:04 GMT
We don’t always get the best summers in Scotland, but when the blue skies do appear we certainly know how to enjoy them.
And a dip into the Edinburgh Evening News archives suggests that this is nothing new.
Here are 22 pictures of people enjoying the Edinburgh sunshine from over half a century ago.
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1. A sweet treat
Children enjoying ice cream in Princes Street Gardens in June 1965. Photo: Unknown
2. Dive in
Boys bathe in Water of Leith, at Saughton, in the hot July of 1955. Photo: Unknown
4. A bit of fresh air
Children basking in the sunshine at Edinburgh's Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital in 1960. Photo: Unknown
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