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.

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.

9. Let's go to work

Four women with summer dresses on make their way to work on North Bridge in 1966. Photo: Albert Jordan

Children playing in Princes Street Gardens during a heatwave in July 1962. Photo: Unknown

The Queen Mother brought the sunshine to the Royal Highland Show, at Ingliston, in June 1964. Photo: Unknown

Girls enjoying the sun at Portobello Outdoor Swimming Pool in July 1966. Photo: Albert Jordan