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Edinburgh Stay takes a take a look at good colored photographs displaying Edinburgh and its residents within the 1960s
The swinging sixties had been a time of nice social change, and like most different cities Edinburgh did not miss out.
From main works just like the Forth Road Bridge, to one of many worst winters Edinburgh ever noticed – we have a look again at what our streets seemed like.
Excessive view photos of Princes Street present a metropolis on the transfer, even when there was barely fewer vehicles on the highway than in 2020.
And we made historical past internationally too; in October 1960 surgeon Michael Woodruff carried out the primary profitable kidney transplant on the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
In 1964, the Beatles performed to a packed crowd in Edinburgh with individuals lining the streets exterior to get a glimpse of the celebs.
We additionally discovered a misty image from the Nationwide Monument of Scotland on Calton Hill.
We additionally characteristic photos from a superb archive by newbie photographer Charles Weever Cushman.
Cushman arrived in Scotland in 1961, travelling from Glasgow to Edinburgh and snapping some superb photos of town and its individuals on his travels.
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