As the name would suggest, Edinburgh’s Old Town is the oldest part of the city, dating back more than a millennium.
It has retained the same street layout it had in medieval times and contains many of the biggest tourist attractions in Scotland’s Capital - including Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyrood House, the Royal Mile and St Giles’ Cathedral.
Meanwhile the Grassmarket and Cowgate contain a wealth of pubs and restaurants, attracting crowds of visitors and locals alike in the evenings and weekends.
Here are 28 pictures to take you back to the area in the 1950s and 1960s.
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5. On rations
Ration Book distribution inside a hall in the Grassmarket in April 1953. The queue for ration books stretched almost to Candlemaker Row. | TSPL
6. Trick or treat
Halloween guisers visit a night watchman in the Grassmarket in 1957. | TSPL
7. Grand opening
The opening of the 1952 Edinburgh Festival. The Duke of Edinburgh and Lord Provost James Miller lead the procession up the Royal Mile from Edinburgh City Chambers to St Giles. | TSPL
8. Big smoke
A view over the smoky chimneys of the houses and factories in the Old Town, at the foot of the Royal Mile, in 1955. | TSPL