With its cobbled streets, elegant Georgian architecture, lush green parks and gardens and abundant mix of independent shops and restaurants, Stockbridge is one of the city’s most popular neighbourhoods.
Just a short walk from Edinburgh city centre, the area has a distinct and charming village feel. Whether visiting for the day or staying longer, this small but perfectly formed neighbourhood is packed with delights that have kept locals and visitors entertained for years.
Among the photos from our archive are pupils putting on a show to save their school, a visit to the area by dancer, director, choreographer, and actor Wayne Sleep in the 1980s, ‘Shug the Lug’ from Still Game actor Paul Young backing a school environmental project, and legendary gone but not forgotten Stockbridge nightclub Cinderellas Rockerfellas.
We also discovered that the inspiration for a blockbuster Hollywood movie in the 1990s came from Stockbridge, and there are also more famous faces in the area including celebrity chef Tom Kitchin and a royal visit by the Queen Mother.
See more great retro photos of Stockbridge in our photo gallery below.
9. Collection
The New Town Nursery in Stockbridge Edinburgh was raising money in 2008 to help save a local old people's social club which was in danger of closing because of rising rents. The kids raised money in a collection pot to put towards costs. | TSPL Photo: Ian Georgeson
10. You're having a giraffe
Six-year-old Grace Jefferey and her sister Lula, (3) look up at two of the giraffes from the Stockbridge Giraffe Auction in December, 2010. | TSPL Photo: Ian Rutherford
11. Closure fight
Children from Stockbridge Primary School perform in a school musical in August, 2009, about the fight to save their school from closure. | TSPL Photo: Iconic Media
12. Fund-raising
Dancer Wayne Sleep adds another brick to the Edinburgh and Leith Old People's Welfare Council totaliser in September 1988. Funds were being raised to build Stockbridge House | TSPL Photo: Iconic Media