Former pupils of Tynecastle High and Dalry Primary will no doubt recall these memories of school life growing up in Gorgie/ Dalry in the 80s and 90s.
From illegal gambling games to fights after school, it seems like a lot has changed in Edinburgh school life these days, perfectly illustrated by the lack of high-tech educational tools 30 years ago compared to now.
Pupils at ‘Tynie’ also had to deal with a toxic smell at the original crumbling 1912 school building before the high school relocated up McLeod Street to the corner with Gorgie Road at the start of the 21st century.
And, Dalry Primary kids enjoyed regular trips to two local attractions to escape the classroom for a couple of hours.
13. Not so high-tech
Pupils at Dalry Primary and Tynecastle High School in the 80s and 90s didn't have much technology to deal with, and were mostly confined to textbooks and watching the occasional old VHS video on a very large box television wheeled out on a stand. While all pupils these days are given iPads to help them with their work, any sight of a computer screen at school in those days was something of a novelty. However, as this photo from November 1987 shows, Tynecastle High School did have a computing department with two classrooms, although it was all about floppy discs back then, and the internet was still something you wouldn't even have dreamed about. | TSPL Photo: National World