The legendary 60s rockers The Beatles visited the Capital, pictured at the ABC cinema in Lothian Road Edinburgh in 1964 ahead of their concerts there, with thousands of teenagers descending on the venue creating the Capital's very own piece of Beatlemania history.The legendary 60s rockers The Beatles visited the Capital, pictured at the ABC cinema in Lothian Road Edinburgh in 1964 ahead of their concerts there, with thousands of teenagers descending on the venue creating the Capital's very own piece of Beatlemania history.
The legendary 60s rockers The Beatles visited the Capital, pictured at the ABC cinema in Lothian Road Edinburgh in 1964 ahead of their concerts there, with thousands of teenagers descending on the venue creating the Capital's very own piece of Beatlemania history.

Edinburgh in the 1960s: 25 photos depicting life in Edinburgh in the swinging 60s

Kevin Quinn
By Kevin Quinn

Reporter

Published 26th Jan 2023, 17:39 BST
Updated 26th Jan 2023, 17:55 BST
Looking back in the photo archives

We’ve taken a look a back in our photo archives to the swinging sixties, discovering what life was like for people living and working in Edinburgh in the 1960s.

Our archive had photos from all walks of life in the Capital, from sport to royalty, from pop stars to protests, and from street life to keeping your car clean, showing that Edinburgh really was swinging that decade.

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Eddie Kane of Carlisle beats David Deans of Buckhaven in the 1969 New Year Sprint at Powderhall.

25. Sprint

Eddie Kane of Carlisle beats David Deans of Buckhaven in the 1969 New Year Sprint at Powderhall. Photo: Crauford Tait

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