Check out these incredible old pictures, showing Edinburgh as it looked in 1980.
We’ve had a rummage thgrough the photo archives of the Evening News to bring you 17 memories of Edinburgh life in 46 years ago.
Scroll through our photo gallery for a trip back in time – and please let us know your own memories in the comments section.

5. Auntie's new Scottish HQ
The site for the new (unbuilt) BBC Scotland broadcasting centre and hotel at Greenside in Edinburgh, September 1980. Photo: Alan Ledgerwood

6. City Art Centre
Exterior of the City Art Centre, which opened as an art gallery/exhibition centre in 1980 after a complete interior renovation, having been a fruit and vegetable warehouse previously. Photo: Stan Warburton

7. Traffic in Dalry Road 1980
Pedestrians stuck on the island as the traffic speeds past at the junction of Ardmillan Terrace and Dalry Road in Edinburgh, February 1980. Photo: George Smith

8. Demolishing Portobello power station 1980
King's Road residents complained to the Evening News 'Action Wanted' team that blasting during the SSEB's demolition of Portobello power station was damaging their property in January 1980. Photo: George Smith


