Edinburgh Retro: 21 amazing pictures of student life in the 1950s and 1960s - from flour bombs to charity queens

This selection of old photographs from the Evening News archives show Edinburgh University’s Rectorial election had become a big event, as were charity fundraising stunts - from “horizontal climbing” to smashing up pianos.

There were also student protests over issues such as the Vietnam war and in support of causes like housing campaign Shelter.

Scroll through these pictures to get a flavour of student life in the Capital back in the 1950s and 1960s.