These hardworking men and women kept the pints flowing and the punters in order at watering holes from Ecclesfield and Crookes to Dore and Heeley.
Do you remember any of the landlords and landladies pictured, some from pubs which have sadly been lost for good in the years since these photos were captured?
Among the custodians pictured are a number of husband-and-wife duos, one landlord who was lucky enough to get his hands on the FA Carling Premership Trophy, as it was back then, and a proud pub of the month winner.
1. Ye Old Harrow
Derek and Lyn Kempton of Ye Old Harrow pictured in 1996 Photo: barry richardson
2. Cock Inn
Barry and Julie Kitchen, landlord and landlady at the Cock Inn, Oughtibridge Photo: Stuart Hastings (Staff)
3. The Bath Hotel
Landlord Richard Mills at The Bath Hotel in Sheffield Photo: Andrew Partridge
4. The Graduate
Landlord Stewart Clarke at The Graduate, in Nether Edge, Sheffield, with staff Emma Hillman, left, and Helen Spedding, on September 10, 1996 | Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Sheffield Newspapers