This selection of old photos drawn from the Evening News archive includes shots of a tanker being launched at the Robb Caledon shipyard in Leith, as well as Chesser Avenue fruitmarket and Bertram’s iron foundry at Westfield.
Scroll through the pictures - they may bring back memories or give you a glimpse of life in Edinburgh from nearly 50 years ago. Enjoy.
17. Cleaning up the carvings
Workmen from Formasons (Scotland) Ltd cleaning up some of the stone carvings on the Scotsman Publications building at North Bridge Edinburgh in December 1978. | TSPL Photo: Jack Crombie
18. Scientific equipment manufacturers
Mr A Lindsay with some of the scientific and laboratory equipment - hydrometers for measuring liquid density - made at the Peter Stevenson Relyon works in Potterrow Edinburgh, December 1979. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton
19. Early work experience
7-year-old Morag McIntyre gets a taste of working as a nurse in Belhaven hospital, Dunbar, April 1979. Here, Morag takes the pulse of patient Mrs Wallace. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton
20. Balls are made for bowling
Mackay's shop in Blackfriars Street Edinburgh made and sold bowling balls. Roland Scott works on an engraving machine in April 1979. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood