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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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13. Scrubbing up nicely
Whale skeletons being cleaned at the Royal Scottish Museum by Mr W Stirling and Mr S Gonigal using paintbrushes in April 1956. | TSPL
14. Racing to a win
Scottish Six Days Motor Cycle Trial winner GL Jackson relaxing over his handlebars at Blackford Hill in 1956. | TSPL
16. Brushing up
A street orderly in a white uniform, using an old besom broom on the Royal Mile in 1956. | TSPL