Before cheap overseas package holidays became commonplace in the 1950s and 1960s Scots were far more limited as to where to go on summer holidays.
It means that ovre half a century ago far more people opted to stay at home and enjoy day trips on sunny days, with train travel opening up much of the country before the Beeching cuts were to take their toll.
Even those who went away for a holiday tended to stick closer to home, with the beaches of Fife, Edinburgh and Scotland's west coast particularly popular for a family break.
It meant that large crowds on Scottish beaches were a common occurance, with tourists battling to get their perfect spot.
Here are 16 pictures of those bygone days.
13. Taa-daa!
A little girl shows off her sand castle on Portobello beach in July 1965. | TSPL
14. A grand day out
Children from Niddrie Day Nursery, in Edinburgh, during an outing to Gullane Beach in July 1959. | TSPL
15. The tide is high
Tourists crowd onto the pier during high tide at Kinghorn Beach, in Fife, in June 1956. | TSPL
