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There was plenty happening in the world in 1956 - the year of the Suez Crisis when Egypt’s nationalisation of the Suez Canal led to an invasion by Britain, France and Israel.
Fidel Castro was plotting to overthrow the government in Cuba, there were uprisings against Soviet rule in Poland and Hungary, and the first cordless television remote control was invented.
In Britain the country’s first nuclear power station opened at Windscale, the Clean Air Act came into law to combat severe air pollution from smoke, and heroin was criminalised for the first time.
Meanwhile in Scotland, Hearts beat Celtic 3-1 in the Scottish Cup final, Edinburgh’s tram services were finally scrapped, and the first commercial ski centre opened in Glencoe.
Here are 26 pictures for The Scotsman archives to take you back to what else was happening in Edinburgh that year.
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1. Fancy
A view of the newly refurbished Palais de Danse, in November 1958, at a party to mark Mecca's 21st birthday. | TSPL
2. Raise a cup
Hearts groundsman Mathie Chalmers shows the Scottish Cup to a section of the crowd at Tynecastle in 1956 after Hearts had beaten Celtic at Hampden Park in the final. | TSPL
3. On patrol
Park Keeper Thomas Wilson patrols on his scooter next to St Margaret's Loch with St Anthony's chapel and Arthur's Seat in the background. | TSPL
