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.
17. Holyrood Park
Traffic has to stop when Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh takes a carriage drive through Holyrood Park when the Royal Family visits Edinburgh in June 1976. | TSPL Photo: David Liddle
18. Maybury roundabout
Buses, lorries and cars causing traffic congestion at Maybury roundabout, Edinburgh, in September 1976. | TSPL Photo: George Smith
19. Waterloo Place
Tramlines, remnants of Edinburgh's trams, at Waterloo Place in June 1976. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton
20. Easter Road / London Road
Traffic at the junction of Easter Road and London Road, Edinburgh, February 1977. | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele