At Abbeyhill, in the east of Edinburgh, there was a dramatic firearms incident when a police raid on the shop Field and Stream in Montrose Terrace led to the owner firing a shot in an eight-hour stand off. Eric Miller was later jailed for 34 months.
Judge Lord Bannatyne slammed the pensioner’s “cavalier attitude” and lack of co-operation during his sentencing at the High Court in Perth. But the judge made an “exceptional circumstances” exemption to the normal mandatory five-year sentence for possessing a gun because the weapon was more than 100 years old, heavily corroded and the trigger no longer worked.
Elsewhere, there was the Emperor’s Warriors exhibition at the City Art Centre, which attracted tens of thousands of visitors over the summer and is still talked about to this day.
Take a look through our picture gallery, and be transported back to 1985.

. Stroll with it
University of Edinburgh students strolling around the Student Centre in Bristo Square, December 1985. Photo: Hamish Campbell

. SavaCentre
SavaCentrestore in Edinburgh shopping centre Cameron Toll in December 1985. Photo: Bill Stout

. Cameron Toll
Exterior and car park of Edinburgh shopping centre Cameron Toll in December 1985. Photo: Bill Stout

. Roaring Twenties
First Year history pupils from George Heriots school in Edinburgh, dressed in vintage clothing from the Royal Museum of Scotland in December 1985. One girl in a 1920s 'flapper' dress dances the Charleston. Photo: Joe Steele

. Christmas complaints
There were complaints from residents about the lack of Christmas lights and Christmas decorations in Edinburgh's Princes Street in December 1985. Picture of the Xmas trees lining the road, looking west. Photo: Alan Macdonald

. 603 Squadron
Attending the rededication of the Spitfire outside RAF Turnhouse were l-r: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, Air Vice-Marshal John Tetley, Edinburgh Lord Provost John Mackay and Ian Ritchie (ex-wartime member of RAF 603 (Edinburgh) Squadron. Photo: Denis Straughan

17. Miners meet
Scottish NUM leader Mick McGahey speaks to miners as he leaves a meeting to discuss prolonging the miners strike in Scotland in March 1985. Photo: Alan Ledgewood

18. Levein and Irvine v Bayern
Craig Levein and Willie Irvine attack the Bayern goal during the Edinburgh Select v Bayern Munich football match on 13 August 1985. The Select side were made up of Hibs and Hearts players and over the years met teams such as Liverpool and Burnley. Photo: Bill Stout