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David McLean

Throwback Edinburgh footage captures the city's first internet café

Every morning thousands of Edinburgh locals browse the internet with a cup of tea or coffee in hand without giving it a moment's thought, yet back in the mid-1990s this seemingly simple routine involved a trip up town to a new-fangled type of café.

Opened in April 1995 when fewer than two per cent of UK households had web access, Cyberia internet café in Hanover Street was the very first of its kind in Scotland.

The pioneering establishment, which was the brainchild of brothers Gavin and Douglas Nicholson, provided many Edinburgh locals with what would be their first time surfing the World Wide Web.

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