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.
17. Serving at banquet
Students act as serving wenches at the medieval banquet held by Edinburgh University students at the Assembly Hall in April 1971. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
18. Old Quad protest
Edinburgh University students stage a mass sit-in at the Old Quad in March 1970 in protest against sentences imposed by the Senate Disciplinary Committee on 55 students who took part in a sit-in at the university Appointments Board offices. | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell
19. Students' medieval banquet
A minstrel plays while guests tuck in at a medieval banquet held by Edinburgh University students at the Assembly Hall in April 1971 . | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
20. French president's visit
Students protesting about French arms sales to South Africa, apartheid and the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela during the visit of French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing to Edinburgh in June 1976. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan