On a national level, 1987 is perhaps best remembered as the year BBC weatherman Michael Fish failed to forecast a violent extratropical cyclone that would wreak £2 billion worth of damage. That October, the hurricane-force winds caused unprecedented chaos, particularly in the Home Counties, but there was plenty happening closer to home too.
We take a look at 17 photos that will take you right back to Edinburgh as it was 34 years ago.
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13. Boxing Day sales 1987
Crowds shopping in Princes Street shop during the Boxing Day sales in Edinburgh 1987. Photo: Alan Macdonald
14. Dental hospital model 1987
A model of the new dental hospital, planned for Bristo Street/Potterrow in Edinburgh, December 1987. Photo: George Smith
15. Restoring Moubray House 1987
A workman repairs the gilded writing outside 16th century Moubray House in the High Street Edinburgh. When the picture was taken (December 1987), it was the oldest inhabited private house in Edinburgh. Photo: Joe Steele
16. Jesse Rae & The Clansmen 1987
Jesse Rae (middle) and The Clansmen arrive by tractor to open the new Wrygges fashion store in Princes Street Edinburgh, November 1987. Photo: Rod Fleming