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.
17. Princes Street fire
Firemen use turntable ladders in Princes Street Edinburgh as they fight the fire at John Menzies' shop in November 1968. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton
18. Beating the Budget
People queue outside Fairbairn's licensed grocer in Murano Place Leith in a last-minute attempt to buy wine and spirits before the Budget changes in November 1968 | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell
19. Furniture sale
Mr & Mrs Gardiner get a suite for a farthing at the winter sale in McEwan's furniture store in the High Street Edinburgh in January 1968. | TSPL Photo: Crauford Tait
20. Leith Provident January sale
Margaret Bell buying a doll's pram at the Leith Provident sale in January 1968. | TSPL Photo: George Smith