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.
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17. Wombles hand out presents
The Wombles helped distribute Evening News/Odeon Charity Appeal Christmas presents at Leith Hospital in December 1974. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton

18. Sponsored spelling bee
Tollcross Primary School pupils hand over a cheque for £150, made from a sponsored spelling bee in November 1974. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood

19. Easter bonnet
Davidson's Mains primary school pupil Francesca Brunton in her Easter bonnet, April 1974. | TSPL Photo: George Smith

20. Sand castle
Children building a sandcastle on Portobello beach in the summer of 1975. | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele

