Many of the shops in the pictures here here will no longer exist - in some cases, the goods they sold will no longer be things people buy.
But it’s fascinating to look back and see what shops there were 60 years ago.
Scroll through these old photographs selected from the Evening News archive and get a flavour of what it was like going to the shops in the Edinburgh of the 1960s.
13. Toy department
A little boy tries out the pedal car in the toy department of Patrick Thomson's store in Edinburgh before Christmas 1968. | TSPL Photo: Jack Crombie
14. Nicolson Street
People shopping in Nicolson Street, Newington in Edinburgh October 1968 - the shops shown include Rankins Fruit Markets Ltd, Lewis's, MacVitties bakers. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
15. First strawberries
Jeanette Smith samples the first strawberries of the season from Mexico at an unidentified greengrocer's in January 1968. | TSPL Photo: Crauford Tait
16. Bargain hunt
A woman checks out the bargains at the Leith Provident January sale, while her bored husband reads his newspaper in 1968. | TSPL Photo: George Smith