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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 was scrapped, and the first commercial ski centre opened in Glencoe.
Here are 25 pictures to take you back to that year.
5. New home
Royal Highland Show at its permanent site at Ingliston in 1964. | National World
6. A whale of a job
Two workers at the Royal Scottish Museum clean a whale skeleton using paintbrushes. | National World
7. Winner
G.L. Jackson, the winner of the Scottish Six Days Motor Cycle Trial 1956, relaxing over his handlebars at Blackford Hill in Edinburgh. | National World
8. Safety first
A new road safety sign alongside the main Edinburgh to Glasgow road. | Johnston Press Resell