At Abbeyhill, in the east of Edinburgh, there was a dramatic firearms incident when 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. Eric Miller was later jailed for 34 months.
Judge Lord Bannatyne slammed the pensioner’s “cavalier attitude” and lack of co-operation during his sentencing at the High Court in Perth. But the judge made an “exceptional circumstances” exemption to the normal mandatory five-year sentence for possessing a gun because the weapon was more than 100 years old, heavily corroded and the trigger no longer worked.
Elsewhere, there was the Emperor’s Warriors exhibition at the City Art Centre, which attracted tens of thousands of visitors over the summer and is still talked about to this day.
Take a look through our picture gallery, and be transported back to 1985.
1. Spud U Like?
Shoppers in the Food Court (Spud U Like baked potato shop in background) of the newly-opened Cameron Toll shopping centre in Edinburgh, April 1985. Photo: Stan Warburton
2. Budding journo
10-year-old Nikki Murphy tries a day as the Evening News editor after winning a poster competition in August 1985. Nikki types in her copy at her typewriter in the newsroom. Photo: George Smith
3. New Argos store
One of the first customers at the new Argos catalogue shop on North Bridge, Edinburgh, just opened in September 1985. Photo: Bill Newton
4. Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Waverley Market shopping centre in Princes Street Edinburgh, July 1985. The Queen comes down the escalator. Photo: Alan Ledgerwood Hamish Campbell