Owners Brian Findlay and Bruce Findlay with the distinctive red carrier bag 'I Found It At Bruce's' outside Bruce's record shop in Rose Street Edinburgh  in November 1972Owners Brian Findlay and Bruce Findlay with the distinctive red carrier bag 'I Found It At Bruce's' outside Bruce's record shop in Rose Street Edinburgh  in November 1972
Owners Brian Findlay and Bruce Findlay with the distinctive red carrier bag 'I Found It At Bruce's' outside Bruce's record shop in Rose Street Edinburgh in November 1972

Edinburgh 1972: Year the city welcomed Neil Armstrong and Eurovision - and music fans flocked to Bruce’s in Rose Street

Can it really be 50 years since these pictures first appeared in the Edinburgh Evening News?

They give a snapshot of the city, its VIP visitors, and its ever changing landscape from half a century ago.

And, as they show, back then, we all rented our television sets for the princely sum of around £1.53 per week!

Enjoy the trip down memory lane…

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