The new decade began with a bang in January as the last remnants of Portobello Power Station were cleared by controlled explosion.
Elsewhere, Shandwick Place became the first place in the UK to install a ‘talking’ pedestrian crossing intended as an aid for blind people, while a new interactive videotex system, Prestel, was being promoted in the Capital by British Telecom.
Take a look through our photo gallery for a trip back to 1980 in Edinburgh.

9. Linotype operator in 1980
A TSPL compositor using a linotype machine for typesetting The Scotsman newspaper at the North Bridge site, in Edinburgh, July 1980. Photo: Hamish Campbell

10. Dumbiedykes bus 1980
Passengers at the bus stop as the 45 bus draws up at Dumbiedykes housing scheme in Edinburgh, June 1980. Photo: George Smith

11. Princes Street decline 1980
John Menzies the bookstore and newsagent, next to a boarded-up shop in Princes Street Edinburgh, May 1980. Photo: Alan MacDonald

12. Tom Farmer 1980
(Later Sir) Tom Farmer, founder of the Kwik-Fit tyre and exhaust chain outside his Hillhouse Road depot in August 1980. Photo: Stan Warburton