In pictures: Edinburgh in the 1980s

We take a look through the archives at Edinburgh in the 1980s.

From Secondary school pupils work with the latest Apple II computers at the Wester Hailes Education Centre in ­October to teenagers using the new push-button telephones at Waverley Station in February, we look back at a simpler time in the Capital.

Demonstrators from Nalgo and other trade unions protesting about the cuts to the National Health Service in Edinburgh, September 1980. The marchers make their way up Lothian Road to the Caley cinema.placeholder image
Demonstrators from Nalgo and other trade unions protesting about the cuts to the National Health Service in Edinburgh, September 1980. The marchers make their way up Lothian Road to the Caley cinema.

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