It’s always startling to look at old photos and realise just how much the world of work has changed over the years.
Here are some fascinating pictures selected from the Evening News archives, showing people at work in and around Edinburgh 40 years ago.
Scroll through the old photos and get a nostalgic reminder of what working life in the Capital was like four decades ago.
13. Testing TV sets, Mitsubishi
A woman tests and adjusts the colour alignment on television sets at Mitsubishi electronics factory in Haddington, May 1984. | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell
14. Workmen in High Street
Workmen with planks of wood and a pile of bricks as construction continues in the High Street Edinburgh, August 1985. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton
15. Printing works, Tanfield
Morrison & Gibb printing works in Tanfield Inverleith Row in Edinburgh, September 1985. | TSPL Photo: Albert Jordan
16. Stockbrokers get ready for 'Big Bang'
Edinburgh stockbrokers Bell, Lawrie Ltd prepared for 'Big Bang' when the world's stock market was computerised in October 1986. | TSPL Photo: Alan Macdonald