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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17. Ferranti, South Gyle

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (now Baroness Thatcher) is interested in the latest technology , but husband Denis Thatcher looks at his watch on a visit to the Ferranti factory in South Gyle Edinburgh, September 1986 | TSPL Photo: Bill Newton

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18. Last trucks, Bathgate

The last trucks wait to be sold at the British Leyland Bathgate factory, closed down in 1986. | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell

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19. Bass Rock lighthouse

Two men from the Northern Lighthouse Board in the lamp room of the Bass Rock lighthouse in April 1986. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout

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20. Illustrator at work

Scottish illustrator ('Scottish Surnames'), artist, cartographer and photographer John Mackay with some samples of his work in June 1986. | TSPL Photo: George Smith

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