What was student life like in Edinburgh in the 1970s?
This selection of old pictures from the Evening News archive gives a glimpse of what was going on - protests against apartheid and education cuts, sit-ins over rent rises, Christmas food parcels for pensioners and fundraising in fancy dress.
And that’s not to mention the campaigns - and battles - to elect university rectors. There are amazing photos of Gordon Brown as Edinburgh University rector between 1972 and 1975, while he was still a student.
Scroll through the photos and turn the clock back 50 years to catch the atmosphere of Edinburgh in the 1970s.
1. Charities Week procession
Edinburgh University students hold their annual Charities Week procession along Princes Street in May 1971. | TSPL Photo: Ian Brand
2. Rent rise sit-in
Edinburgh University students stage a sit-in to protest against rent increases in December 1979. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton
3. Christmas food parcels
Students from Edinburgh's Napier College with Christmas food parcels for old age pensioners at Sighthill community centre in December 1978. | TSPL Photo: Alex Brown
4. Celebrating new rector
Jonathan Wills celebrates becoming the new student rector at Edinburgh University in November 1971. | TSPL Photo: Jack Crombie