Growing up is sometimes hard to do, but there’s often a lot of fun along the way.
These old photos selected from the Evening News archive offer a glimpse of what it was like to be a youngster in Edinburgh 40 years ago - including pictures of some of the city’s most popular places at the time, like Gorgie City Farm and Little Marco’s.
Scroll through and get a flavour of a Capital childhood in the mid-1980s.
21. Gaelic for toddlers
A mother and toddlers group learning Gaelic at Tollcross primary school in Edinburgh, November 1985. | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell
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22. Break dancing
A boy from Soul Sonic Rockers demonstrates break dancing at the Triangle arts centre in Edinburgh's West Pilton in April 1985. | TSPL Photo: George Smith
23. School photo
Group photo of all the classes at London Street primary school in Edinburgh, January 1985. | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele
24. Spring Fling
Three little girls at Sighthill park for the rock concert, part of Edinburgh Spring Fling Festival in May 1985. | TSPL Photo: Albert Jordan