Five decades later, the year 1976 is now well and truly history - but these great pictures selected from the Evening News archive helps to bring it back to life.
Scroll through the black and white photos, including The Goodies, Tom Baker and the abandoned Leith Central station, to recapture the atmosphere of Edinburgh 50 years ago.
9. Long hot summer
Four teenagers stripped to the waist and in bare feet crossing Princes Street Edinburgh during the long hot summer of 1976. | TSPL
10. Paddington drops in
Children's author Michael Bond, creator of Paddington Bear, at a book signing in John Menzies bookshop, Edinburgh in April 1976. | TSPL Photo: Dick Ewart
11. Pear Tree House
Pear Tree House in Potterow, which later became the Pear Tree pub, was suggested as a site for Edinburgh's City Arts Centre in August 1976. | TSPL Photo: Jack Crombie
12. Off the track
Railwaymen dealing with the derailment of a train at Edinburgh's Waverley station in November 1976. | TSPL