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.
9. Christmas at the Sick Kids
British actor and singer Michael Crawford hands out the gifts donated to the Evening News/Odeon Christmas Appeal at the Sick Children's Hospital in Edinburgh in December 1973. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
10. Visit to the zoo
Children and families at Edinburgh Zoo in September 1973. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
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11. Santa and his sleigh
Children greet Santa's sleigh when he and his helpers arrive at Patrick Thomson's department store in North Bridge Edinburgh in November 1973. | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele
12. Royal Highland Show
Princess Alexandra visits the Royal Highland Show at Ingliston, accompanied by show chairman Tom Inglis, in June 1974. Here they are meeting the children of the Keep Britain Tidy team clearing litter. | TSPL Photo: Dick Ewart