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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21. Morning officer
Mounted police out for morning exercise passing by Campbell's Argyle Brewery in the Cowgate in January 1954. | TSPL
22. At work
A man at work at Moores Modern Methods Ltd, manufacturers of loose leaf books and machine accounting equipment, based in the Cowgate in May 1959. | TSPL
23. School's out
Cowgate Nursery School children out for a walk on George IV Bridge. | TSPL
24. Building inspection
Members of the Traverse Theatre Club check out the renovation work in James Close on the Royal Mile. It had almost been completed in December 1962. | TSPL