These fascinating photos of the Capital’s streets in the 1970s have been selected rom the Evening News archive to illustrate just how different things were back then.
The cars are different from today’s - and they’re allowed to drive along Princes Street. There are parking meters on Waverley Bridge. And Market Street looks even busier than it is today.
Scroll through the pictures to get a glimpse of everyday life out and about on the roads of Edinburgh five decades ago.
5. Tollcross
Traffic in Home Street, Tollcross Edinburgh in April 1971. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton
6. Morningside
Traffic in Church Hill, Morningside in Edinburgh in October 1971. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton
7. Haymarket
A woman with a baby braves the traffic at Haymarket in August 1971. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout
8. North Bridge
Outside Patrick Thomsons department store on North Bridge Edinburgh, November 1971. | TSPL Photo: Ian Porteous