Featuring now classic tracks such as I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) and Letter From America, Sunshine on Leith was the album that propelled brothers Craig and Charlie Reid to international fame and recognition.
Elsewhere, the fizzy lager was flowing in Fountainbridge in March 1988, with the news that Aussie firm Elders IXL’s plan to merge with Scottish & Newcastle Breweries had failed. The highly-controversial bid had seen demonstrators travel down to London to make their feelings known.
We’ve dipped into the archives to transport you back to Edinburgh in 1988.
We’ve dipped into the archives to transport you back to Edinburgh in 1988.
5. The Diggers painting unveiled 1988
Athletic Arms regular Sandy Dick sees himself as others see him when Edinburgh artist Margaret Milne unveils her painting The Diggers Triptych 1988 at the Edinburgh pub in November 1988. Photo: Alan Macdonald
6. City Hospital fire 1988
Doctors and nurses watch as a fireman on a ladder hoses the roof of City Hospital in Edinburgh, when fire destroyed the Nurses' Home and the bell tower in November 1988. Photo: Alan Macdonald
7. Let the lager flow
Australian company Elders IXL, were planning a merger with Scottish & Newcastle Breweries in 1988. S&N employees at Fountainbridge in Edinburgh celebrate the news that the bid had failed in March 1989. Photo: George Smith Crauford Tait
8. Super Ally and a different kind of ball
Lady Dunpark ('Butterfly Queen') and Rangers footballer Ally McCoist ('Dragonfly King') in fancy dress at the Sheraton hotel for the Butterfly Ball, in aid of the Marie Curie cancer care charity in December 1988. Photo: Denis Straughan