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.
5. Malcolm Rifkind & Tommy Smith
Malcolm Rifkind (Secretary of State) & Tommy Smith (Jazz Sax Player) help with the Wester Hailes high rise demolition. 11 June 1990. | JPIMedia Photo: TSPL
6. Bar Roma staff support Scotland team
Some of the staff from Italian restaurant Bar Roma in Edinburgh, wearing kilts to support Scotland in the World Cup 1990. | JPIMedia Photo: Calum Mackenzie
7. Tom Ritchie wins 1000m 1990
Tom Ritchie wins the 1000m at Meadowbank stadium in Edinburgh in January 1990. | JPIMedia Photo: Alan Macdonald
8. St Augustine's school library 1990
Children reading quietly in the school library at St Augustine's RC secondary school in Edinburgh, January 1990. | JPIMedia Photo: Jack Crombie