Children having a pony ride on Shetland ponies at Portobello beach in the summer of 1981.Children having a pony ride on Shetland ponies at Portobello beach in the summer of 1981.
Children having a pony ride on Shetland ponies at Portobello beach in the summer of 1981. | TSPL

Edinburgh Retro: 29 great pictures of summers in the Capital in the 1980s and 1990s

The schools may be back and the Festival coming to an end, making us feel that sadly that’s summer over.

But here’s a look back at summers from the past. These fascinating photos selected from the Evening News archives give a glimpse of what the summer months were like in Edinburgh in the 1980s and 1990s.

So scroll through the pictures and turn the clock back 30 or 40 years for a last taste of summer.

So scroll through the pictures and turn the clock back 30 or 40 years for a last taste of summer.

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