The Edinburgh Fringe is renowned for being the biggest arts festival on the planet, but that wasn’t always the case.
While the capital’s famous annual arts extravaganza grew steadily after its post-war inception, it took until 1980 for it to enter the record books.
Despite fears that year that the 34th Edinburgh International Festival would return meagre box office takings, the city hosted a larger number of shows, acts and visitors than ever before as both the Festival and the Fringe hit new heights.
