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.

25. Library story time
The Junior section of Central Library, George IV Bridge Edinburgh - children, toddlers and grown-ups gather round for a story read by librarian Miss Alison Douglas. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout

26. Hallowe'en party
Fancy dress party for Hallowe'en at Greenside parish church in Edinburgh in 1975. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton

27. Overcast day at the beach
A family at a very overcast Portobello beach in the summer of 1975. | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele

28. Candy floss
Two boys with a large candy floss at Portobello beach in the summer of 1975. | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele

