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.
29. Fun at the seashore
A child and his bulldog playing with a stick in the sea at Portobello beach in May 1975. | TSPL Photo: Ian Brand
30. Primary art exhibition
An Edinburgh University/Primary School Link scheme held an art exhibition at the McEwan Hall in May 1975. Julie Graham from Sacred Heart school, Penicuik, with her class project The Volcanic Pool. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
31. Giant giraffe
Edinburgh's Theatre Workshop made a giant giraffe for the Children's Theatre Festival in September 1975. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
32. Bear hunt winners
Winners of the Edinburgh Children's Book Group's Giant Bear Hunt in George Square gardens Edinburgh in May 1975. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood