For some, the weekend roughly translates as 'an opportunity to ply ourselves with alcohol and deal with the consequences later'. Pubs, clubs and drinking in public spaces in Edinburgh is something that happens every day.
Going back some 180 years, drinking real ale wasn't uncommon, but snapping a picture of someone falling flat on their face was. Social media apps platforms such as TikTok, Facebook and Snapchat are regularly used to spread videos or photos of people that are making a fool of themselves.
In 1844, however, the first image of locals enjoying a pint of ale was snapped in Edinburgh, a rather interesting fact that is unknown to many. A picture captured by a local of people enjoying a laugh and joke while boozing it up still seems so relevant that it could have been taken yesterday, if those in the picture were dressed like the younger generation of today.
