Shops become familiar territory for anyone who visits them more than just occasionally. So although most of the shops featured in these fascinating pictures have now disappeared, they were once a regular part of many people’s everyday life.
Scroll through this selection from the Evening News archive and feel something of the atmosphere of Edinburgh in the early 1970s.
1. Campbell Brothers butchers
A man wraps a ham at the counter of the Edinburgh butchers Campbell Brothers in Queen Street, June 1974. | TSPL Photo: Ian Brand
2. RW Forsyth
The RW Forsyth department store in Princes Street in October 1970, seen from Princes Street Gardens. The store - said to be the first steel-framed building in Scotland - dates back to 1906 and was the second shop for the company, which started in Glasgow in 1872. | TSPL Photo: Ian Brand
3. Picardy Place shops
A section of Picardy Place at the top of Leith Walk, Edinburgh, in April 1971. The buildings here include wallpaper shop John Line & Sons and D F Wishart. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
4. Brattisani's fish and chip shop
Behind the counter at Brattisani's fish and chip shop in Newington Road Edinburgh in January 1971, with the deep fat fryers and cash register. | TSPL Photo: Norman Wilson