Edinburgh Retro: 29 fascinating pictures of people at work in the early 1990s: from tattooing to track-laying

Whether it was rescuing a car from the canal or crafting a presentation casket for Sean Connery, it was all in a day’s work for somebody.

This selection of pictures taken from the Evening News archive illustrates the incredible variety of jobs people do - from street sweeping to ceiling restoration, firefighting to foot massage and coal mining to crisp making.

Scroll through the old photos and get a glimpse of what working life was like three decades ago.

1. Car mechanic

A mechanic works on a car in the Service section of Graeme Chatham's Honda dealership in Edinburgh, June 1991. | TSPL Photo: Ian Rutherford

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2. Ceiling restoration

Luciano Dovesi works on the restoration of the Painted Gallery in Pinkie House, one of Loretto school's boarding houses in Musselburgh, September 1990. | TSPL Photo: Jack Crombie

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3. Tourist chief

Ian Grant, the Scottish Tourist Board's new chairman, does a spot of advertising on his first day at work in March 1990. | TSPL Photo: Aland Macdonald

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4. Street sweeper

A street sweeper carries on working as a heavy fog descends on Edinburgh in March 1991 | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell

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