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?
21. Plough
Landlady Alison Rogers and husband Matthew Riley at the Plough pub, New Road, Low Bradfield, Sheffield, in February 2002 | SHEFFIELD NEWSPAPERS Photo: Mike Waistell
22. South Seas
Ann and Shaun McCreesh, landlady and landlord of the South Seas pub in Broomhill, Sheffield, in 1998 | Sheffield Newspapers
23. Princess Royal
Pictured at the Princess Royal pub, on Slinn Street, Crookes, Sheffield, in 2000 are landlord Terry McNamara and landlady Susan Veitch | Picture Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
24. Old Crown Inn
Local artists Ruth Ben-Tovim (left) and Trish O'Shea talked to local people in pubs on London Road, Sheffield, with the idea of putting their stories on beer mats. They are pictured with Sue Lowe, landlady of the Old Crown Inn pub on London Road, in 2003 reading the beer mats | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd