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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21. Queens of the castle
Three girls building a sandcastle on Cramond Beach in summer 1954. Photo: Unknown

22. Cooling off
Children playing in the sea at Portobello in July 1966. Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
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