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.
13. Flood damage
Eight-year-old Daniel Nicholas pictured in February, 2001, outside his house in Kemp Place, Stockbridge Colonies, which was badly damaged by flooding the previous year. Repair work was delayed by the objections of their upstairs neighbour. | TSPL Photo: Iconic Media
14. A bit fishy
Stockbridge Primary School pupils painted yellow fish around drains in November, 2000, to draw attention to the pollution, like oil that goes down our drains and into the river. Pictured L-R are actor Paul Young ('Shug' from Still Game), and P5 pupil at Stockbridge Primary Joanna Ramasaway. | TSPL
15. Everything must go
Shoppers clamour for bargains on the last day of business at the Woolworths store in Stockbridge, December 29, 2008. | TSPL Photo: Jane Barlow
16. Forced out
Members of an old people's social club in July, 2008, which was forced out of Stockbridge House in Cheyne Street because of an increase in rent. L-r in picture, Margaret Weston, Arthur Weston, (husband & wife), Cathy Robertson and Margaret Hay. | EN LICENSE