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.
21. Star shopper
Television presenter Stephen Jardine shopping for Scottish produce at The Store in Stockbridge, in November 2009. Stephen and his family were eating only food that was produced locally in Scotland until St Andrew's Day that year. | TSPL Photo: Iconic Media
22. Food fury
Stockbridge Primary parents launched a campaign in the summer of 2008 to have the school cook reinstated after the number of children taking school dinners fell by almost 50 per cent in just seven months, following the cook leaving to cover maternity leave at another school, and meals being transported daily from a school in Leith. | TSPL Photo: Iconic Media
23. The view from above
Taken in January, 1963, this aerial photo shows the western end of Stockbridge - including the bottom of Orchard Road South, with Flora Stevenson Primary School in the foreground, and looking north to Fettes. | TSPL Photo: Iconic Media
24. Lollipop lady
Stockbridge Primary School's lollipop lady Noleen McCormack enjoying her work in November, 2012. | TSPL Photo: Greg Macvean