Sailing, fishing, shipbuilding and trading across the oceans are all part of Edinburgh’s heritage.
These old photos selected from the Evening News archives include a flavour of the influence the sea has had on the city.
Scroll through the pictures and get a flavour of life on the coast in the 1950s and 1960s.
13. Scottish cars exported from Leith
Hillman Imps and caravans ready to be loaded onto the MV Magnolia at Leith docks for export to Denmark in April 1966 | TSPL Photo: Albert Jordan
14. Sailing on the pond
Model yachts being sailed at Inverleith Park pond in Edinburgh during the September holiday weekend in 1968. | TSPL Photo: Jack Crombie
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