Traditionally a Burns Supper is held on the Bard's birthday, although the first was held by the poet’s friends at Burns Cottage on July 21 to mark the fifth anniversary of his death.
Over a meal of haggis, neeps and tatties poetry is recited, such as ‘To a Mouse’ and ‘Address to the Haggis’, with the men making fun of the women in the ‘Toast to the Lassies', before the girls have the last laugh with the 'Reply From the Lassies'.
Here’s what was going on in the Capital in the 1950s and 1960s.
9. Supporting the haggis
Jas Cairney pipes in the haggis at the Hearts Supporters Club, Tranent, Burns Supper in 1964. Photo: Unknown
11. Toasting the lassies
The Gilmerton Dykes Women's Club Burns Supper, at the Peacock Hotel, in 1963. Photo: Unknown
12. Progressive poems
The Edinburgh Progressive Association's Burns Supper in Overseas House in 1963. Photo: Unknown