Featuring now classic tracks such as I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) and Letter From America, Sunshine On Leith was the album that propelled Leith-born twins Craig and Charlie Reid to international stardom.
Elsewhere, the fizzy lager was flowing in Fountainbridge with the news that Australian firm Elders IXL’s plan to merge with Scottish & Newcastle Breweries had failed. The controversial bid had seen demonstrators travel down to London to make their feelings known.
5. Frank Dougan's Tartan Army
Members of Hibs Supporters Club ready to leave Edinburgh for Cyprus in February 1988. Photo: Joe Steele
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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