17 photos taking you back to Edinburgh in 1984 (Part 2)
Half a decade into the Thatcher era, the Capital was busy preparing to wave farewell to horse-drawn milk deliveries, toasting the opening of two exciting new shopping centres: Waverley Market and Cameron Toll, and welcoming a man who would turn out to be the last ever leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev.
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5. Swings and roundabouts
Parents complained that the swings in Edinburgh's Inverleith Park were dangerous in April 1984 - children standing on the 'animal' swings. Photo: George Smith
6. Anti-Apartheid demo
Demonstrators from Edinburgh University's Anti-Aparttheid society protesting outside Teviot Row House in March 1984. One student holds a Free Mandela Now placard. Photo: Ian Brand
7. Chimney demolition
Three men stand on top of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in Lauriston Place - on the day the old boilerhouse chimney was demolished in February 1984. Photo: George Smith
8. Jim Haynes
Jim Haynes, appearing in the Every Job Man at the Traverse theatre in Edinburgh, February 1984. Photo: Alex Brown