A woman with a baby braves the traffic at Haymarket in August 1971.A woman with a baby braves the traffic at Haymarket in August 1971.
A woman with a baby braves the traffic at Haymarket in August 1971.

Edinburgh Retro: 31 fascinating photos of the city's roads, cars and traffic in the 1970s

By Ian Swanson
Published 19th May 2024, 04:45 BST

A look back at life in the Capital 50 years ago

The cars are different and many of the streets will have changed a lot too in the past 50 years.

Have a look at this selection of fascinating photos from the Evening News archive to get a glimpse of everyday life out and about on the roads of Edinburgh five decades ago.

Cars parked along the middle of the road in Coates Gardens, Edinburgh in October 1973.

13. Coates Gardens

Cars parked along the middle of the road in Coates Gardens, Edinburgh in October 1973. Photo: Joe Steele

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The opening of the West Link Road, later called the West Approach, Road, made little difference to the traffic jams at Roseburn, Edinburgh, in December 1974.

14. Roseburn jam

The opening of the West Link Road, later called the West Approach, Road, made little difference to the traffic jams at Roseburn, Edinburgh, in December 1974. Photo: Alan Ledgerwood

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Winter in Edinburgh - cars plough through the snow in Newington in December 1976.

15. Snowy Newington

Winter in Edinburgh - cars plough through the snow in Newington in December 1976. Photo: David Liddle

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Edinburgh traffic wardens booking a car at a parking meter on Waverley Bridge in October 1976.

16. Waverley Bridge

Edinburgh traffic wardens booking a car at a parking meter on Waverley Bridge in October 1976. Photo: Stan Warburton

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