First up is the Emperor’s Warriors exhibition at the City Art Centre, which attracted tens of thousands of people over the summer and is still talked about to this day.
Over at Abbeyhill, there was a firearms incident. A police raid on the shop Field and Stream in Montrose Terrace led to the owner firing a shot in an eight-hour stand off. The owner was later jailed for 34 months.
Meanwhile, at The Scotsman offices on North Bridge, it was all change. Staff bid farewell to long time editor Eric B Mackay and also waved goodbye to the old linotype machines of yesteryear, which were lifted on to a flat bed truck and consigned to the history books.
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13. Liberton hospital
Exterior of Liberton hospital in Edinburgh, scene of an outbreak of food poisoning in December 1985. Photo: Hamish Campbell
14. 603 Squadron
Attending the rededication of the Spitfire outside RAF Turnhouse were l-r: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, Air Vice-Marshal John Tetley, Edinburgh Lord Provost John Mackay and Ian Ritchie (ex-wartime member of RAF 603 (Edinburgh) Squadron. Photo: Denis Straughan
15. Christmas complaints
There were complaints from residents about the lack of Christmas lights and Christmas decorations in Edinburgh's Princes Street in December 1985. Picture of the Xmas trees lining the road, looking west. Photo: Alan Macdonald
16. Terracotta Warriors
Yuan Zhong Yi was the Chinese archaeologist who excavated the Terracotta Army/Emperor's Warriors figures, which were found guarding the tomb of China's first emperor Shihuangdi. Mr Yi oversees a bubble-wrapped horse being opened at the City Arts Centre in Edinburgh in September 1985. Photo: Ian Brand