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.
13. Foot massage
Gary Hughes, trained in massage by Buddhist monks, works on a client's feet at the Edinburgh Floatarium in September 1992. | TSPL Photo: Bill Henry
14. Car rescue
Two garage workers tie a tow rope to a Citroen car which ended up in the Union canal at Tollcross after the driver slipped the clutch in July 1992. | TSPL Photo: Allan Milligan
15. Lunch break
Two Edinburgh construction workers leave their building site for lunch in August 1993 | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
16. Mothers' Day flowers
Edinburgh florist Aileen Davidson works well into the evening at her shop 'Harvest Garden' to get flowers ready for Mothers' Day in March 1993 | TSPL Photo: Jack Crombie