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.
5. 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
6. Baird & Starks shoe shop
A boy has his shoe size checked on a Clarks fitting machine at Baird & Starks shoe shop in South Bridge Edinburgh, May 1971. | TSPL Photo: Norman Wilson / Bill Stout
7. John Smith & Co wool shop
The interior of John Smith & Co wool shop - Smith's Wools - in Frederick Street, Edinburgh, in December 1972. | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele
8. Graham Tiso, Rodney Street
Edinburgh mountaineer and rock climber Graham Tiso with a pair of climbing boots, in his shop in Rodney Street in July 1972. | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell