Children with ice cream in Princes Street gardens Edinburgh, June 1965.Children with ice cream in Princes Street gardens Edinburgh, June 1965.
Children with ice cream in Princes Street gardens Edinburgh, June 1965. | TSPL

Edinburgh Retro: 37 great pictures of summer scenes in the Capital from the 1960s and 1970s

It’s summer - and whether the sun shines or the sky remains stubbornly cloudy, it’s the season for holidays, day trips, time off work and family outings.

Sometimes our rose-coloured spectacles convince us that summers always used to be sunny and warm, but it wasn’t really the case.

Take a look through this selection of fascinating pictures from the Evening News archive and be transported back to the 1960s and 1970s. See how much things have changed over the last five or six decades. And be reminded there were some overcast and windy days back then too.

Take a look through this selection of fascinating pictures from the Evening News archive and be transported back to the 1960s and 1970s. See how much things have changed over the last five or six decades. And be reminded there were some overcast and windy days back then too.

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