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Rowan Atkinson at the Wireworks Theatre, off the Royal Mile, in July 1979 to help put up scaffolding and move rubble in order to to get the venue ready in time for the Festival.

24 amazing pictures of Edinburgh theatres in the late 1970s

Fountain Brewery workers Harry Traunter, John Smith and Tom Owens celebrate in March 1989 after a planned merger by the Australian company Elders IXL with Scottish & Newcastle Breweries fails

29 photos from the 70s and 80s, celebrating the nation's breweries

An ice cream kiosk does a roaring trade on Princes Street in June 1979

31 photos taking you back to the 70s, and happy days in the sun

St Enoch mainline station in Glasgow pictured in 1963, ahead of its closure three years later, with the underground station to the right.

31 nostalgic photos capture romance of 50s, 60s and 70s railway travel

Children on swings at Beveridge Park, Kirkcaldy, Fife, in April 1953

27 of the best photos taking you back to the 50s

Indras the elephant at Leith Public Library in January 1976, as part of the Edinburgh City Libraries campaign to remind people to return their books

36 nostalgic photos capturing life in 1976

These photos take us back to 1996 in Scotland, showing some of the country's everyday heroes back then

38 of the best photos taking you back to 1996

Children enjoy the funfair roundabout inside Goldbergs department store, Edinburgh, in November 1968

44 nostalgic photos to bring back memories of growing up in the 60s

This nostalgic photo gallery celebrates Scotland's film industry during the 50s, 60s and 70s, from movie stars to lost cinemas

48 glittering photos show 50s, 60s and 70s cinemas and film stars

Lisa Coupar (right) and her young friends demonstrate the new Lolobal, an inflatable ball with a foot platform, at the Waverley market shopping centre on Princes Street, Edinburgh, in April 1986

39 nostalgic photos capture highs and lows of life in 1986

These photos show record shops from the 50s to the noughties, including some of the much-loved stores we have lost over the years

29 nostalgic photos of record shops, as new golden age beckons

Schoolboys play with a slot-car racing set called Trix in the toy section of Binns department store, Edinburgh, in November 1965

36 priceless photos showing popular shops of the 60s and 70s

These photos show nightclubs around Scotland in the 80s, 90s and noughties

51 photos taking you back to nightclubs of the 80s, 90s and noughties

Workers standing in the bottom section of the Queensway Tunnel, Liverpool, in September 1929, beneath an experimental length of reinforced concrete, which would form the roadway.

Britain's biggest construction projects in photos

View of the Links market and funfair at Kirkcaldy, Fife, in April 1974. High-rise flats residents Jacqueline and Eileen enjoy the market for free.

Nostalgic photos capture high-rise life, from the 60s to the noughties
These atmospheric photos capture half a century of life in the skies across Scotland.
Robert Cumber

Owner Alfred de Angelis outside the Globetrotter fish and chip shop in Bruntsfield, Edinburgh, in December 1988

49 nostalgic photos celebrate Scotland's love affair with fish & chips

There are some things you'll almost certainly remember doing if you grew up in the 60s

You didn't grow up in the 60s if you don't remember doing these things

There are some car maintenance skills that most drivers possessed in the 60s and 70s but younger motorists lack

6 lost car maintenance skills every driver had in the 60s and 70s

These atmospheric photos capture life around Scotland in 1998

41 photos taking you back to 1998, including World Cup fever

Some people are still using products made more than a century ago, when things were built to last

9 of the longest surviving household goods, built to last

Ready meals really took off in the UK during the 70s and 80s

9 ready meals you'll remember if you grew up in the 70s, 80s or 90s

The prizes on the Generation Game's famous conveyor belt during the 70s, 80s and 90s were a mixed bag

13 of the most popular Generation Game prizes in the 70s, 80s and 90s

The Index catalogue was published from 1985 to 2005

7 lost catalogues you'll remember from the 70s, 80s, 90s and noughties

There are several items that were commonplace in the 60s and 70s, but young people today would struggle to work

7 common 60s and 70s items most people wouldn't know how to work today

A miner tries his luck at the coconut shy at the Good Friday Fair in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, in 1955

21 nostalgic photos to give you that Friday feeling

There are some wedding presents almost every couple had on their list in the 70s and 80s

7 of the most popular wedding gifts of the 70s and 80s
If you got married in the 70s or 80s, you probably received at least one of these
Robert Cumber

These were some of the coolest and most desirable products of the 80s and 90s

7 of the coolest things we all wished we owned in the 80s and 90s

British boxer Henry Cooper plays the game frustration, at home with his family, in 1971

9 of the best games of the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s

These forgotten gadgets from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s were once at the cutting edge of technology and all the rage, but their popularity didn't last

7 forgotten gadgets from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s

These were some of the most popular department stores of the 60s and 70s, which are much missed by those who remember shopping there

9 department stores we loved in the 60s and 70s

These nostalgic photos capture the variety of life around Scotland in the early 70s

46 of the best photos capturing early 70s life around Scotland

Fifteen young women in mini skirts wait to board a BMC Mini in July 1966 to break the world record for passengers in a Mini

17 photos capture people living the 60s dream

There are some desserts you'll almost certainly remember if you grew up in the 70s, 80s or 90s

7 desserts we loved in the 70s, 80s and 90s

There were many crazes during the 70s, some of which lasted longer than others

7 crazes you'll only remember if you were around in the 70s

There are some sights and sounds which will transport you straight back to the 70s

9 sights and sounds you'll only remember if you grew up in the 70s

A coach service run on Sunday nights to take young men from the Forest of Dean to their sweethearts, most of whom are in domestic service in Cheltenham, in 1932

31 atmospheric photos show the UK after dark

There are some things you could do in the 80s and 90s that are no longer possible

7 things that were popular in the 80s and 90s but you can't do anymore

These photos capture life at some of the UK's most famous lost breweries

34 nostalgic photos capture life at UK's lost breweries

There are some bathroom products you'll almost certainly remember if you grew up in the 70s, 80s or 90s

9 bathroom products that cleaned up in the 70s, 80s and 90s

Children using dustbin lids and broomsticks as shields and lances during a game of knights in Liverpool in May 1956

When the streets were our playground

These photos capture the happiest side of the 60s and 70s

28 of the most joyous photos from the 60s and 70s

Many things that seem like they've been around forever didn't exist before the 1950s

9 things it's hard to believe didn't exist in our lives before the 50s

A youngster tucks into a bag of crisps in the 80s

9 of the best lost crisp flavours we once loved

These were some of the best-loved puppets on children's TV in the 80s and 90s

6 of the best-loved children's TV puppets of the 80s and 90s

If you were around in the 60s and 70s, you will remember some of these adverts

30 adverts for popular products you'll remember from the 60s and 70s

These photos show popular Scottish shops in the 80s, and the people who owned them

41 of the best photos showing popular 80s shops and their owners

People often look back upon the 60s through rose-tinted glasses, but some things really were better back then

6 ways in which the 60s really were better than today

There are many popular myths from the 80s that have been disproved

6 popular myths we grew up believing in the 80s

There were plenty of ways for children to keep themselves entertained after school in the 80s

7 after-school activities you'll remember if you grew up in the 80s

There are some things everyone used in the 60s and 70s, yet many people today would struggle to identify

8 things we all used in the 60s and 70s but you rarely see

17 cracking photos of Edinburgh back in 1985

These were some of the most popular perfumes and aftershaves of the 80s

9 of the most popular 80s perfumes and aftershaves

The contents of a Quality Street tin have changed considerably over the years

11 of the most popular lost sweets from chocolate selection boxes

Many once-popular biscuits have been discontinued or are much harder to find in the shops today

7 forgotten biscuits we once loved

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