As the new decade kicked off, the city went dino-crazy. At the City Art Centre, the Dinosaurs Alive! attracted huge crowds the likes had seldom been seen before for an arts exhibition, while Dinosaurs Past and Present, at the nearby Royal Museum of Scotland on Chambers Street also proved to be a smash hit.
In football, Edinburgh’s Italian community had two teams to support as Scotland travelled to their ancestral homeland for the Italia 1990 World Cup.
Closer to home, Hibs fans gathered outside Easter Road to vent their rage upon learning that Wallace Mercer, chairman of city rivals Hearts, was planning to take over their beloved club and merge the two teams.
More memories of Edinburgh in 1990 to follow soon in part two.
9. Adam Robot & LP Eleanor McLaughlin 1990
The Miller Group sent along Adam Robot to present a cheque for the Edinburgh Science festival to Lord Provost Eleanor McLaughlin in January 1990. | JPIMedia Photo: Joe Steele
10. Wheelchair user Andrea Bothwell 1990
Wheelchair user Andrea Bothwell was complaining about the lack of disabled access in Edinburgh's Princes Street in January 1990. | JPIMedia Photo: Bill Stout
11. Dinosaurs Past and Present
The City Art Centre wasn't the only place taking an interest in dinos in 1990. Cleaner Ann Flucker gives 'Big Al' a touch-up before the 'Dinosaurs Past and Present' exhibition at the Royal Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street, January 1990. | JPIMedia Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
12. Sign of the times, 1990
Business people - 'yuppies' - using mobile phones at Waverley station in Edinburgh, January 1990. | JPIMedia Photo: Hamish Campbell