17 photos taking you back to Edinburgh in 1984
While the science fiction of George Orwell imagined a bleak, dystopian 1984 of totalitarian regimes, ‘Big Brother’ and ‘Thought Police’, the reality turned out not to be quite so terrifying after all.
Half a decade into the Thatcher era, the Capital was busy preparing to wave farewell to horse-drawn milk deliveries, toasting the opening of two exciting new shopping centres: Waverley Market and Cameron Toll, and welcoming a man who would turn out to be the last ever leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev.
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1. Mikhail Gorbachev in Edinburgh 1984
Mikhail Gorbachev visited Scotland in his role of Chairman for the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Soviet Union in December 1984.
Photo: Jack Crombie
2. Hearts v Hibs 1984
Hearts' Craig Levein manages not to stand on Hibs' Willie Irvine during a Hearts v Hibs Edinburgh derby football match at Tynecastle in October 1984.
Photo: Hamish Campbell
3. Cameron Toll shopping centre 1984
Cameron Toll shopping centre in Edinburgh, nearing completion in October 1984.
Photo: Hamish Campbell
4. Canoe in Roseburn Park 1984
A canoeist paddles through Roseburn Park swing park when the Water of Leith overflowed after flooding in Edinburgh, November 1984.
Photo: Jack Crombie