We’ve delved deep into the archives of the Evening News to bring you 17 more memories of the Capital as it was 38 years ago.
![Young snooker player Stephen Hendry prepares to strike the cue ball in March 1982.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjAwMGM4NDdjLTQ5ZTktNGE3YS1iOGE1LTA3NWYxZDUwODIwNTozODhhZWE2Mi02MmMxLTQxODEtYmQ1ZC0xM2Q4MjFiN2U1MWM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
1. Stephen Hendry aged 13
Young snooker player Stephen Hendry prepares to strike the cue ball in March 1982. Photo: Bill Stout
![Pope John Paul II waves to the crowd before he boards his helicopter at Turnhouse after the Papal visit to Scotland in May 1982.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUyZTNjNGNhLTZlODQtNDJkYi04NDQwLTgxNmQyMjQ1MjgwNDoxN2I2MTAwMC1mNTg4LTQzM2ItYjdjNy00Yzg3NWM4NDkzMGM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Pope at Turnhouse 1982
Pope John Paul II waves to the crowd before he boards his helicopter at Turnhouse after the Papal visit to Scotland in May 1982. Photo: Denis Straughan
![Sandy Banks in his pet shop which closed in 1982. The shop in Fleshmarket Close in Edinburgh had been there since the early 1900s.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjM2ZDAzNTkzLTEzYTEtNDkwZS04ODcwLWE5Y2QwNjMzMTQ4Mjo1ODUyZDdmOS1iZjNjLTQzMzktYmMwOC1jZGJkMzczMDIwZmE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Banks's pet shop
Sandy Banks in his pet shop which closed in 1982. The shop in Fleshmarket Close in Edinburgh had been there since the early 1900s. Photo: GEORGE SMITH
![Labour candidate Alistair Darling (centre) and his supporters Val Woodward and Ian Newton when the Regional Council election results come in at Meadowbank stadium, May 1982.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjlmM2E2MDRkLTFmMGUtNGY3My1hNTVmLWNlY2U4NDBhMzRkZDo3MzhiZTk4YS05NmMyLTQxZGEtOTc1Yi01NzA4NTk1YjcxNDM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Alistair Darling wins - council results 1982
Labour candidate Alistair Darling (centre) and his supporters Val Woodward and Ian Newton when the Regional Council election results come in at Meadowbank stadium, May 1982. Photo: Bill Stout