These days Edinburgh is home to a vast array of places to enjoy a drink - from long-standing pubs to award-winning cocktails bars. But what was the bar scene like over 40 years ago?
From Gothenburg pubs to new morning opening hours that attracted night shift workers, here we take a look back at life in Edinburgh pubs in the 1980s.
5. Edinburgh pubs in the 80s
Barman Ian Boswell pulls an early morning pint of beer at the Central bar in Leith, November 1981 following the introduction of early morning opening hours | TSPL
6. Edinburgh pubs in the 80s
The Circle bar (island bar) of the Cafe Royal in West Register Street Edinburgh 1983, showing the tile pictures of famous inventors. | TSPL
7. Edinburgh pubs in the 80s
Manager Jimmy Yuill behind the bar at the Dean Tavern in Midlothian 1987, a pub run on Gothenburg principles (a 'Goth' pub). | TSPL
8. Edinburgh pubs in the 80s
Bottles of whisky, Martini and Cinzano behind the bar in the Cafe Royal, West Register Street Edinburgh, June 1983. | TSPL