Edinburgh Retro: 21 fascinating photos of people at work in the mid-1980s - from directory enquiries to trucks at Bathgate

From testing TVs at Mitsubishi in Haddington and answering directory enquiries in Edinburgh to shipbuilding in Leith or making trucks at Bathgate, many of the jobs which people were doing every day in the mid-1980s just don’t exist any more.

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.

Scroll through the old photos and get a nostalgic reminder of what working life in the Capital was like four decades ago.

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5. Aboard lighthouse vessel

A crew member working in the engine room of the Pharos lighthouse vessel in the Firth of Forth, October 1984. | TSPL Photo: Crauford Tait

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6. Doorstep milk delivery

Edinburgh milkman Jimmy Cole breaks the news to his horse Nippy that Scotmid are to stop doorstep milk delivery in October 1984. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood

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7. Directory Enquiries, Fountainbridge

The Directory Enquiries department at British Telecom's Fountainbridge offices in Edinburgh, July 1985. Long before fully-automated searching, operators used microfiche to find telephone numbers. | TSPL Photo: Albert Jordan

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8. Bagpipe maker

Traditional bagpipe-maker Bob Pinkman in his Edinburgh workshop, June 1984. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout

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