We’ve taken a look back at what life was like growing up in Edinburgh in the 1990s, a time before we were all glued to our mobile phones, and the internet took over our lives.
A simpler time, with more children and teenagers out and about meeting each other in the city’s pubs, clubs, cafe and other meeting spots, we also take a look at the fashions of the time and things that were such an important part of life in Edinburgh during that decade which we have almost forgotten about now.
Savacentre supermarket at Cameron Toll, pictured in 1993, was a very popular destination for Edinburgh shoppers in the 1990s, and was seen as quite an exciting place to shop thanks to it being in a - at the time - futuristic mall and its iconic glass exterior. Photo: Bill Henry
Before the organised and multi-million pound Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations were introduced in the late 90s, Edinburgers brought in the bells at the Tron, off the High Street at Hunter Square. Teenagers pictured having a knees-up at the Tron Kirk in Edinburgh on Hogmanay 1990. Photo: Joe Steele
William Blaikie heads the queue outside Jenners, the Edinburgh department store, hoping to get a Thunderbirds Rescue Pack, one of the must-have toys for Christmas 1992, in the days before expensive games consoles, ipads and other electrical items were what kids were after from Santa. Photo: Crauford Tait
Unlike today when Edinburgh kids only tend to care about the big English and foreign football teams and star players, Capital kids all had their favourite Scottish football team, with what seemed like every kid walking the streets at the time in a Scottish football club's top on, at a time when football strips became a must-have item and clubs started to release new strips more often. It's hard to imagine now, but you couldn't leave your house in Edinburgh in the 90s without seeing a kid in a Hearts or Hibs top. Pictured above is Hibs' Pat McGinlay shielding the ball from opponent Ally Mauchlen during a Hibs v Hearts Edinburgh Derby football match on New Year's Day 1993, which finished 0-0. Photo: Graeme Hunter