The World’s End murders, miners’ strikes, National Front demos, the opening of the new police headquarters at Fettes, trouble at football matches and much more - we’ve turned the clock back five decades and trawled the Evening News archives to look at policing in Edinburgh in the 1970s.
Take a look at this fascinating selection of photos to get a glimpse of what was going on in Edinburgh 50 years ago.
21. Scott Monument rescue
An American tourist had to be rescued and lowered to the ground in a stretcher from the Scott Monument in Princes Street, Edinburgh, in August 1970. Here, he is attended by police and ambulance men. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
22. Bus crash
Police and an Edinburgh City Transport employee look at the damage after a number 9 bus crashed into a lamppost in Granton in November 1974. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout
23. Runaway horse
Sandy the runaway St Cuthberts milk horse bolted in Corstorphine Road Edinburgh in July 1974. Pc Graham Crombie manages to catch him. | TSPL Photo: DL
24. Miners' strike
Police move in when pickets mob the driver of a lorry collecting coal from the Haymarket coal depot in Edinburgh during the miners' strike of 1972. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood