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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9. Slater on the roof

Female slater Betty Black repairing roofing slates among the chimney pots on an Edinburgh building in March 1985. | TSPL Photo: Bill Newton

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10. Construction in Cockburn Street

Workmen with a wheelbarrow and a skip full of builders rubbish as construction continues in Cockburn Street Edinburgh, August 1985. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton

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11. Author at the drawing board

Edinburgh-born author John Grant, creator of the Littlenose books, at work on his drawing board in November 1985. | TSPL Photo: George Smith

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12. Drystane dyke repairs, Pentlands

Brian Morrison repairing drystane dykes in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh in february 1985 | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton

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