Here’s a fascinating collection of pictures selected fro the Evening News archives of how youngsters enjoyed themselves in the mid-1970s. It wasn’t all fun though - as one picture reminds us, children were sometimes living in poor housing conditions in these days too.
Scroll through the old photos and get a gimpse of life as it was in Edinburgh 50 years ago.
1. Jungle Book characters
Characters from The Jungle Book meet the young patients at the Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children in November 1975 as part of the Evening News Charity Appeal. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout
2. Sand castle competition
Children take part in the Portobello Festival's sand castle Ccompetition in June 1973 | TSPL Photo: T Souness
3. Children's Hour at Ross Bandstand
Children sitting on the paved area of the Ross bandstand join in during Children's Hour in West Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh in July 1973. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
4. Circus cancelled
Children crowd around the baby elephant at the Gylemuir in Edinburgh after the Circus Hoffman was cancelled in July 1973. | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell