These nostalgic photos celebrate the Peggy Mitchells and Bet Lynches of Sheffield’s much-loved hostelries.
They show landladies at pubs across the city from the 1980s to the noughties, pulling pints, chatting with regulars and doing their bit for the community.
As this retro photo gallery proves, being a good landlady is about much more than preventing the pumps from running dry.
These inspirational women all proved they have what it takes to keep their punters in order while creating a welcoming atmosphere where the conversation flows as freely as the pints.
Some of the landladies pictured spent decades pouring their heart and soul into the job, organising open mic nights, fundraisers and other events that brought the community together.
Most have moved on, and, in some cases, the pubs they ran have sadly closed, but they have all left their mark and will be long remembered by their old regulars.
Running a pub is never an easy task, as the number of closures in recent times has proved, so we salute these landladies who have done such a sterling job over the years.
Does your local, past or present, feature in this trip down memory lane, and who do you think is Sheffield’s best ever pub landlady?
9. Railway pub
George and Eileen Prime, landlord and landlady, inside the Railway pub, at the junction of Holywell Road and Dearne Street, Wincobank, Sheffield, in 1986 | Picture Sheffield/Michael Ball Photo: Picture Sheffield/Michael Ball
10. The Rivelin
Landlord and landlady David and Pat Wales at The Rivelin, on Tofts Lane, Rivelin Valley | Sheffield Newspapers
11. Harlequin
Landlady Wendy Woodhouse serves Ronny Biggin with his first pint in the re-opened Harlequin pub on Nursery Street, Sheffield, in 2007 | Dean Atkins Photo: Dean Atkins
12. Red Deer
Real Ale pub the Red Deer, on Pit Street, Sheffield, pays host to the chief brewer of Adnams Brewery, David Waller (right) at a meet the brewer evening in October 2003. The photo shows David with landlady Samantha Richardson and partner Simon Spearing | SHEFFIELD NEWSPAPERS