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.
17. Replying to the laddies
The Craiglockhart Parish Church Men's Association Burns Supper in 1963. Photo: Unknown
18. Tae a haggis
The haggis is piped in at the Regent Road Institute Burns Supper in 1964. Photo: Unknown
19. Supper time
The Hawthorn Branch OAP's Association Burns Supper in 1963. Photo: Unknown
20. Lucky heather
Mr Deane, Mr James Hoy, Mr E Willis and Mr M Valente at the Heather Club Burns Supper in 1963. Photo: Unknown