We’ve had a deep dig through the archives at the Evening News to bring you 17 more memories of the Capital as it was in 1983.
![Lawrence Boni (of Mr Boni's Ice Cream Parlour) with the ice cream cake which won him second prize in an undisclosed competition in February 1983.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmZiNjIyMzFjLTU3M2YtNDYzZS1hNWE2LTJhYmEyN2U1MTlkYjowYjRmOGYwNS1mNjk3LTQ2NjgtYjllYS0xNWI3ZGIyNzVhYTQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Lawrence Boni 1983
Lawrence Boni (of Mr Boni's Ice Cream Parlour) with the ice cream cake which won him second prize in an undisclosed competition in February 1983. Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
![An old no 7 Edinburgh tram on its way to Blackpool travels up the Royal Mile on the back of a lorry in November 1983.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU1MWQ4ZWZkLWRhZDMtNGQ1YS05MDJhLWVjZGZiOWQwN2I3OTpkZDFlNWNhZS0zMzEyLTQxYTEtOTJiNC0yMDZjMDNiNTliZmE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Edinburgh tram off to Blackpool 1983
An old no 7 Edinburgh tram on its way to Blackpool travels up the Royal Mile on the back of a lorry in November 1983. Photo: Stan Warburton
![Edinburgh pensioners queue outside the office in Queen Street Edinburgh to apply for the special OAP's bus ticket from Lothian Region in August 1983.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjcxMjNlMTFlLWVmODMtNGMyYy1iOWUzLWQ0NTJlMzk5ZTYxOTo1Njc3NzRhMS05NTEyLTQ2MmEtOGU0ZC04ZmMwOTkzZjI0Yzc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. LRT OAP ticket queue 1983
Edinburgh pensioners queue outside the office in Queen Street Edinburgh to apply for the special OAP's bus ticket from Lothian Region in August 1983. Photo: Stan Warburton
![Chefs taking part in a pancake race on Portobello promenade in February 1983.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjIxYzNiMjg5LTFhNzctNGY5My04YWYyLTU5NTdhOTJlZTZkNjozMTdmMDVjNy01N2NmLTQ2OWItOTE1Ni1kYWNjOTZiODk4ZmY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Chefs' pancake race
Chefs taking part in a pancake race on Portobello promenade in February 1983. Photo: Unknown