IT'S where you will find the main cast of Trainspotting alongside Billy Connolly enjoying the ambience any day of the week.

But the famous characters are joined in merriment all day every day only on the wall of an Edinburgh eatery where artist Chris Rutterford has brought them together.

The mural painter who specialises in crowd scenes completed the Scottish Nostalgia Mural in A Room at the West End restaurant in just over two months.

He said: "Originally the discussion as to who would be painted into the crowd revolved around the use of regulars, locals and restaurant staff, but also with a strong rugby element as the pub is a haunt of the Six Nations Championship revellers.

"However the mural has quickly become a nostalgia piece to innumerable Scottish celebrities and the crowd is now a 50/50 mix of celebs and punters, which should result in visitors looking more closely at the painting in order to identify the well-kent faces amongst the lesser-known crowd."

Scottish singers Susan Boyle and Lulu make an appearance.

At one table A Room in the West End owner Peter Knight enjoys the company of Spiteri, KT Tunstall and Annie Lennox in the mural.

Mr Rutterford said: "The extra muscle memory from painting around 6,000 portraits in the last five years has meant that I have found this task considerably easier than I used to.

"The only real issue has been negotiating painting time around the comings-and-goings of a successful restaurant.

"In order to not disrupt the customers' meals, I've had to work in and around the Christmas rush which has meant arriving at 7am and leaving around 2pm."

His work has also included a 21ft Christmas mural painted live in John Lewis’ shop window and a 64ft depiction of a baying crowd at an 18th-century hanging in the Grassmarket.