14 random things we miss about Edinburgh in the 1990s
By The Newsroom
Published 18th Jan 2019, 20:33 BST
Updated 19th Jan 2019, 22:03 BST
EDINBURGH CONGESTION CHARGES.
PICS TO GO WITH STORY ABOUT A DECISION ON CONGESTION CHARGES IN EDINBURGH.
PICS SHOW THE BUSY STREETS OF EDINBURGH CITY CENTRE.
PASSENGERS ON A DOUBLE DECKER BUS WATCH OUT THE WINDOWS AS TRAFFIC BUILDS UP ON PRINCES STREET.
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GIANT gorillas, museum goldfish, bus periscopes and neon golf signs. Edinburgh was a very different place in the nineties.
Here are fourteen random things we miss about Edinburgh as it was two decades ago. Nostalgia, as they say, just ain’t what it used to be...
Before buses were all fitted with CCTV, the driver used a kind of periscope contraption with a curved mirror to check what was going on upstairs.
Sticking with the buses.. it was a sad day when the middle doors were removed. We hear they are soon to make a comeback - yay!
While Brattisani's are best remembered for their excellent fish and chips, their Newington branch is perhaps best recalled from a visual perspective for these distinctive red booths.
The Gulliver sculpture was a 100ft long play structure built in the 1970s. It was demolished around 2011 after being deemed unsafe.
Removed in the early 2000s, we don't really miss the Princes Street tripods that much, but they were decorated with cool lights at Christmas.
Up until a few days ago, the main entrance into the National Museum of Scotland was via a steep flight of stone steps and through a narrow revolving door. Not exactly ideal for the elderly and infirm.
