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.
13. Three university rectors
University rectors, BBC Nationwide television presenter Michael Barratt (Aberdeen), Monty Python star John Cleese (St Andrews) with Edinburgh's student rector and Prime Minister-to-be Gordon Brown after a meeting at Edinburgh University in January 1973. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
14. Ready for battle
Three Edinburgh University students stock up with eggs, ammunition for the rectorial battle in the Old Quad in November 1972. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
15. Seventies flour power
Edinburgh University students with eggs and flour take part in the rectorial battle in the Old Quad in November 1972. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
16. Marching against cuts
Students and trade unions unite in a march along Princes Street Edinburgh against cuts in local government spending , June 1976. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton