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.
17. St Leonard's brewery
The shell of St Leonard's brewery at the corner of East Crosscauseway and the Pleasance in Edinburgh, almost derelict in March 1976. It ceased brewing in1962. | TSPL Photo: Dick Ewart
18. Fans go wild
Bay City Rollers fans go wild as the band take to the stage at the Odeon in Edinburgh. in September 1976 | TSPL Photo: Alex Brown
19. Bay City runner
Bay City Rollers vocalist Les McKeown makes a sprint for the plane at Edinburgh Airport in April 1976. | TSPL
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20. General Assembly
The Reverend Dr D.H. Whiteford, minister at Gullane, East Lothian, addressing the 1976 Church of Scotland General Assembly at the Assembly Hall on The Mound. | TSPL Photo: Ian Brand