Retro

Scroll through our photo gallery for a nostalgic journey back to Edinburgh in 1981.

17 photos of Edinburgh life from 1981

Scroll our photo gallery to see the coolest areas in the Capital, according to locals. Photo: Pixabay

The 'coolest' Edinburgh neighbourhoods to live in 2025

The 20 best pubs in the Lothians - in pictures

Take a look through our photo gallery for a nostalgic trip back to Edinburgh in 1995.

Edinburgh life in 1995 captured in fascinating photos

7 gadgets you may recognise if you grew up in the 1980s. Photo: Scott Gries/ImageDirect/ Getty Images

7 nostalgic gadgets you'll only remember if you grew up in the 80s

Take a look through our photo gallery to see 25 'lost' Edinburgh pubs and nightclubs. Photo: Pixabay

25 'lost' Edinburgh pubs and clubs that locals would bring back

Nine video games you may have played in the 1980s - including arcade classics.

Nine retro video games you may have played in the 80s

Take a look through our gallery to see 19 stunning photos of Edinburgh in the snow.

19 stunning photos of Edinburgh in the snow

Take a look through our photo gallery to see how Edinburgh celebrated Christmas in the 1950s.

17 photos of Edinburgh at Christmas in the 50s

Have a lollipop - Stockbridge sweet shop owner Remo Mancini in May 1991

Lost and legendary Edinburgh sweet shops remembered

Take a look through out gallery to see 10 of the best areas to move to or live in Edinburgh. Photo: Pixabay

10 of the best areas to move to or live in Edinburgh

23 years ago this week, Whitney Houston was still reigning atop the UK single chart with “I Will Always Love You”

What songs have matched Whitney Houston's record on the UK chart?

An early postwar Daimler descends The Mound.

New book on Edinburgh's trams and buses

13 lost Edinburgh shops of the 90s and 00s

Lost Facebook features you may remember. Photo: Juana Arias/ The Washington Post via Getty Images

9 long lost Facebook features that will bring back memories

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 75th Exhibiton

Marking 75 Years: The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo celebrates with exhibitio...
Take a stroll through the proud and inspiring 75-year history of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo as it celebrates this special landmark with a free gallery installation at St Andrews Square, Edinburgh opposite the Edinburgh Tram stop.
Sarah Ellis

Have a look through our photo gallery to see 19 nostalgic images of Edinburgh at Christmas in the 1950s.

19 photos of Edinburgh celebrating Christmas in the 1950s

Have a look through our photo gallery and be transported back to Edinburgh in 1985.

17 old photos showing Edinburgh life in 1985

Take a look through picture gallery to see how St Andrew’s Day has been celebrated in Edinburgh down the decades.

In pictures: St Andrew's Day in Edinburgh down the years

A grainy video of some Edinburgh housing schemes in the 1990s has been uncovered

Video shows life in the city's tough housing schemes during the 90s

We take a look at the curious names of some of Edinburgh's best known streets - and the stories behind them.

23 quirky Edinburgh street names - and the stories behind them

Shallow Grave is a 1994 film directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, pictured.

The 15 all-time best films featuring Edinburgh

While the buildings on Edinburgh's premier shopping street have remained mostly the same over the years, the shops at street level have changed a lot, with this block between Frederick Street and Castle Street seeing recent store closures including Debenhams and Next. The street itself has changed also since the photo of the old street lighting on Princes Street was taken in November 1968.

See the changes to these six major city roads over the years

Scroll through our gallery and soak up the nostalgia as we transport you back to Edinburgh in the 2000s.

15 photos of Edinburgh life in the 2000s

The Christmas tree lights being switched on at the Mound in 1993.

The city's Christmas tree lights and decorations over the years

Take a look through our photo gallery to see 21 retro images of Edinburgh in the snow.

21 snow scenes through the years

17 incredible photos transporting you back to Edinburgh in 1982
A Rolling Stones concert at The Playhouse, a visit from Pope John Paul II, and bin strikes – these are just some of our memories of Edinburgh back in 1982.
Gary Flockhart

These 15 Edinburgh pubs are sure to impress

These pubs will impress out-of-towners with their stunning interiors

To a look through our photo gallery for a nostalgic journey back to 1987.

17 amazing old photos of Edinburgh in 1987

Take a look through our photo gallery to see 19 photos of Edinburgh's old port of Leith in the 1950s and 60s.

19 old photos of Leith in the 1950s and 1960s

Exterior of legendary seafood restaurant Skippers bistro in Dock Place, Leith, September 1992.

17 long lost restaurants which are much missed by locals

Scroll through our picture gallery to see 13 memories of Edinburgh’s high rise housing down the decades.

13 'time warp' photos capture Edinburgh’s high rise homes

An ultra-realistic animatronic orangutan climbs a 20ft Christmas Tree at Coin Street Observation Point, London to highlight the threat to the survival of the species due to deforestation caused by palm-oil production, following Iceland's Christmas advert being banned.

Do you remember the Christmas advert that was ‘banned’ from TV?

Take a look through our gallery to see 13 things we reckon most Edinburgh locals will have done.

You're not really from Edinburgh if you haven't...

Take a look through our gallery to see 18 pictures that will transport you back to Edinburgh in 1985.

18 fascinating old photos of Edinburgh life in 1985

We’ve trawled through the picture archives to bring you 12 memories of Bonfire Night in Edinburgh down the decades.

12 old photos show Bonfire Night fun and fireworks

We’ve dipped into the archives to transport you back to Edinburgh in 1988.

15 amazing photos of Edinburgh life in 1988

Browse our photo gallery to see how much Edinburgh city centre has changed down the decades.

33 throwback photos show how the city has changed

Shoppers pictured looking at a Christmas display in the window of a Marks and Spencer shop on 20th December 1976.

8 nostalgic photos of Christmas shoppers in the 1970s

Take a look through our photo gallery to see the 8 'happiest' places to live in Edinburgh, according to locals. Photo: Pixabay.

The 'happiest' places to live in Edinburgh, according to locals

The 'spooky' Edinburgh monument 'built to entomb a vampire'

Between 1890 and 1893 a grand station with seven platforms and an 850 ft long bayed roof was erected on the corner of Lothian Road and Princes Street, pictured above in 1898. Initially known as Princes Street Station, it had its own power station, to the west of the station in Rutland Court. Parcels and goods were dealt with at the nearby Lothian Road station, further up Lothian Road, which was opened in 1870. In 1899, work started on building a grand railway hotel above the main three archway entrance of the station, designed by Edinburgh architects, Peddie and Washington Browne, and opened in 1903 as Princes Street Station Hotel. It was commonly known as The Caledonian Hotel, with the station often also referred to as Caledonian Station. The main pedestrian entrance to the station became the right hand arch of the original three openings, while vehicular access was by way of Rutland Street. Both the station and the hotel were built in red sandstone in common with most Caledonian Railway buildings.

See the changes to seven transport hubs over the years

Many readers said they missed Buster Brown's in Market Street which was also known as Electric Circus in later years. Many generations will remember flocking there on a night out and our readers described it as "one of the best". Pictured are dancers at Buster Brown's disco in Edinburgh, September 1979.

The 12 closed Edinburgh nightclubs locals miss the most

David Olusoga in Montagu Mansions, Marylebone, London, for his new series of A House Through Time: Two Cities At War (Picture: BBC/Twenty Twenty)

A House Through Time review: This series is angry, uncomfortable - and vital

Christmas toy crazes that made parents' lives havoc

7 mega-popular Christmas toys parents struggled to buy

James Braidwood was born in Edinburgh in 1800 - the family lived in College Street, near Edinburgh University - and was educated at the Royal High School.
At the time, insurance companies operated their own rival fire-fighting teams, but the lack of co-ordination reduced their effectiveness. In 1824, Edinburgh created the first municipal fire service in the world - and Braidwood was appointed Master of Engines.

Edinburgh created the world's first public fire brigade 200 years ago

Take a look through our gallery to see photos of Edinburgh's Terminal V festival from years gone by.

15 amazing photos of Terminal V over the years

Scroll through our photo gallery to see 25 lost Edinburgh pubs and clubs.

Remembering 25 lost city pubs and nightclubs

23 great pictures from city theatres in the 1950s and 1960s

The first Craigmount High School premises were built in 1970 on the site of a farm to provide accommodation for increasing numbers of pupils from new housing developments. Here it is pictured from above in August, 1970. By the late-1990s the school was catering for more pupils than it was designed for, and the low-quality fabric of the building was deteriorating.

See the changes to seven city high schools over the years

Brattisani's once had branches all over the city at one point, with the most famous ones located at Morrison Street and Newington. Here, Charles Brattisani surveys his fish and chip restaurant in Haymarket for the final time in 2002.

Readers share memories of Brattisani's famous chippies

Your old Silent Hill games could be worth hundreds. Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Retro horror games that are worth hundreds

Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall as Emma and Dexter in the new Netflix series, One Day, filming in Edinburgh. Pic. Contributed

One Day plaque planned by Netflix at city centre location

Who from the '80s has had a profound influence on musicians of recent years, including Justin Timberlake, Gerard Way and Karen O?

11 musicians from the 1980s that helped shaped the charts today

Youngsters "paint" the numbers 2000 with sparklers as Millennium Hogmanay celebrations get underway in Edinburgh.

25 photos taking you back to Edinburgh in 2000