Stockbridge is well known for its rich heritage of independent and specialist shops, many of them with their own quirky character. And today it is also home to numerous coffee shops and eateries.
But here’s a selection of pictures from our archives showing Stockbridge in the 1970s. Scroll through and take a look at one of Edinburgh’s most popular areas as it was 50 years ago – with junk shops, a musical instrument makers, nostalgic streetscapes and a crashed fire engine.
![Sanderson & Taylor, the musical instrument makers and repairers in Stockbridge, Edinburgh, in August 1975 - inside, John Bruce and Laurie Taylor work on a cello.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjJiMmFkNDdkLThhYWItNDk1MS1iYWNmLTNkYzMyYTY4NDFiNzo1M2JhNDNkMC1hZDc0LTRkYzMtYjgzZi1jOWYxMWQwNzY4OTU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
13. Music shop
Sanderson & Taylor, the musical instrument makers and repairers in Stockbridge, Edinburgh, in August 1975 - inside, John Bruce and Laurie Taylor work on a cello. Photo: Ian Brand
![Edinburgh's Stockbridge Market archway, built in 1825, was marked for restoration in July 1979.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjNmMGRkMjU4LTM3MDMtNDAxNC05OTMxLTkxNjI2NTFjMzE5MTo4YTgyZGNjOC1jMjM0LTRhOTctYjdhNi0wYTA1ZTkwZDU5YjI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
14. Stockbridge Market Archway
Edinburgh's Stockbridge Market archway, built in 1825, was marked for restoration in July 1979. Photo: Bill Stout
![Old people from Stockbridge House and Dalry House held a sports day in the grounds of Donaldson's School for the Deaf, Edinburgh, in June 1979. Here, some competitors take part in the egg and spoon race.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOmNlMjE1Zjg0LTIwNGEtNGZmNS04ZGZjLTc5YTExYmNhMjRjMzplMzlmNmRlZi01YTdmLTQxYTItYmMzMy0wODliMzJkMTY1YTg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
15. Old people's sports day
Old people from Stockbridge House and Dalry House held a sports day in the grounds of Donaldson's School for the Deaf, Edinburgh, in June 1979. Here, some competitors take part in the egg and spoon race. Photo: Albert Jordan
![Madame Doubtfire's junk shop in Stockbridge. The shop was closed and sold on when Madame Doubtfire died in 1979. But it was the inspiration for a book, Madame Doubtfire, written by Anne Fine in 1986 and later made into a film of the same name.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjdkNmNiNjliLTRjZDUtNGNkNS1iMDZkLTUyMmQ1MDdiYWI4ODozNTliNTQ2Yy00MWMwLTRhZWQtYjBiZS0wZTNmMGMwOTViNDM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
16. Madame Doubtfire's
Madame Doubtfire's junk shop in Stockbridge. The shop was closed and sold on when Madame Doubtfire died in 1979. But it was the inspiration for a book, Madame Doubtfire, written by Anne Fine in 1986 and later made into a film of the same name. Photo: George Smith