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We take a look at 19 lost Edinburgh institutions that are gone but not forgotten.

Retro In pictures: 19 Edinburgh institutions we lost

A driver pays the toll at the Forth Road Bridge in 1964, handing the money to a uniformed collector ... and how cars have changed too!

Transport Forth crossings: from bridge tolls to ferries, how we crossed the River Forth

Heritage A look back at Edinburgh's Princes Street department store through the years

Retro Jenners building Edinburgh: 17 key dates in the history of Edinburgh's famous Je...

Opinion Delivery of gangster film to rural cinema brings down plane 85 years ago

National The hidden histories behind the ordinary front doors of Edinburgh tenements

Heritage 10 nostalgic memories of Hogmanay in Scotland from yesteryear

Retro In pictures: Edinburgh's lesser known castles

Retro 12 Edinburgh buildings that got a new lease of life

Christmas Here are 10 Christmas photos that show Glasgow over the years

Retro 12 photos of Edinburgh's most stunning schools

Transport Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible 7 stunt rail carriage Scots restaurant plan

Crime Here are 10 Scottish laws you might have broken without even realising

People Remembering the devastating Cowgate blaze 20 years on

Retro Vintage Edinburgh: 14 Stunning photos of Edinburgh taken in the mid 19th century

Heritage 16 nostalgic memories of Scottish Christmases past

International Quiz: Can you identify these Scottish football clubs stadiums?

Retro 11 legendary Edinburgh nightclubs that are gone but not forgotten

Heritage 15 times Scotland ruled the top of the UK music charts

Heritage 15 Celebrities you never knew were Scottish, famous faces with Scottish heritage

National Metal detectorist's 'indescribable joy' after making second major discovery

National More than 8,000 silver coins discovered in Scottish field

Environment 'Fragile' Highland community seeks investors with £500 for tourism business

Retro Scotland in the 1960s: This is how Scots had fun over half a century ago

Retro Here are 10 things that people think are Scottish, but actually aren't

Retro 13 of Edinburgh's 'ugliest' buildings

Retro 19 photos of lost Edinburgh restaurants and cafes

Heritage Here are 10 of the most notorious Glasgow ghosts and where to find them

Retro On this Day

Retro These 11 buildings are the tallest in Edinburgh

National The island community who saved the only pub in village with massive whipround

Transport Retro Eastern Scottish and Midland Bluebird bus liveries revived by McGill’s

Heritage 12 Chilling Quotes from History: Eerie quotes that still haunt us

Retro In pictures: 18 incredible buildings we lost

Books Book review: Scotland’s Wings, by Robert Jeffrey

Columnists Waverley steamer offers unique travel experience into the past – Alastair Dalton

Transport Historic paddle steamer Waverley £200,000 shortfall after fuel price doubles

Lifestyle Eilish McColgan wins Commonwealth Games gold while wearing tartan scrunchie

Retro 20 fascinating pictures of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the 1950s and 1960s

Retro 15 photos to transport you back to Edinburgh in 1988

Retro In pictures: North Bridge down the decades

Heritage In pictures: When Edinburgh hosted Eurovision

Retro Today's Google Doodle is physicist who pioneered electronic music Oskar Sala

Retro Great Scottish books to get Scots translation

National Scottish island to protect itself from floods by reviving once-booming industry

Heritage Leith Festival: Edinburgh's port’s people’s pageant, were you there on a float?

Retro Archive photos reveal aftermath of dramatic Edinburgh bus crashes

Retro TV21 frontman recalls supporting the Rolling Stones at The Playhouse

Retro Hearts FC: Eric Milligan’s Buckfast toast to Hearts’ Scottish Cup win

Retro On this Day - April 26

Transport Historic Queen Mary steamer to make surprise return to Clyde cruising

Retro hy

Retro Spinning Around – Glasgow’s Remarkable Record Shops

National Secrets of Jacobite wife held captive on St Kilda to be unearthed

National Queen's Jubilee: Taking her reign in the thunder 70 years ago today

What's On 'Rare' letter written by Mary Queen of Scots sells for £32,500 at auction

Transport Key restoration fundraiser for historic paddle steamer Maid of the Loch launched

Cars Listening to music in the car is a century-old joy, so turn the volume up

Retro Thai restaurant planned for train carriages in Pitlochry founders

Transport Glasgow Subway’s infamous shoogle to survive £300m upgrade of historic line

International Rutherglen Ladies: The women who defied the ban on football 100 years ago

Film and TV Here are Netflix latest and best true crime documentaries released this month

Film and TV Here are 8 of the best Halloween horrors movies which were filmed in Scotland

Transport Watch: Vintage bus film location to become working museum in Glasgow

Transport In-demand vintage bus film location to become working museum in Glasgow

People Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh backs new exhibition rediscovering old Leith

Heritage Edinburgh professor unearths evidence of first Scot to forge links with Japan

Retro 'Historical value of the area around George IV Bridge fire is incalculable'

Retro Famous Globetrotter fish bar renamed following refit

Retro Rare vintage Robert Louis Stevenson book unearthed in house move

Retro Gatsby's cocktail bar staff reunite after 42 years

Retro Virtual tour to celebrate 250th anniversary of Walter Scott's birth

Retro Historic ruin closed due to falling masonry fears

Retro 11 places around Edinburgh that make you feel like you've stepped back in time

Retro 24 photos showing the massive changes to Edinburgh's St James district down the ...

Retro Liverpool UNESCO loss a 'warning' to Edinburgh, says heritage body

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