Youngsters "paint" the numbers 2000 with sparklers as Millennium Hogmanay celebrations get underway in Edinburgh.Youngsters "paint" the numbers 2000 with sparklers as Millennium Hogmanay celebrations get underway in Edinburgh.
Youngsters "paint" the numbers 2000 with sparklers as Millennium Hogmanay celebrations get underway in Edinburgh.

27 photos taking you back to Edinburgh in 2000

For those who were old enough or sufficiently sober to recall it, it seems incredible to think that twenty years have now passed since Edinburghers welcomed in the new millennium.

We’ve had a thorough dig through the deep archives of The Scotsman and Edinburgh Evening News to bring you 27 photographs showing Edinburgh as the city entered a brand new year, a fresh decade, a 21st century and a brave new millennium.

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