This retro photo gallery celebrates the hardworking landlords and landladies at watering holes around the nation from the 80s to the noughties.
These popular characters have played a vital role in their communities, providing a place not just to drink but to meet old friends and make new ones.
Some have long since retired, but others are still maintaining order and keeping spirits high at their pubs and bars.
The pubs pictured include one named among the 40 best in the world, another that famously featured in a movie, and a third in a stunning converted bank building.
The landlords and landladies are pictured, in many cases, with their punters.
One is seen celebrating after hitting the jackpot, another is celebrating her nomination for the Innkeeper of the Year award, and a third is seen posing with an intriguing find.
These fascinating photos also feature a pub that was forced to close after being hit by a van, which jammed its door shut, and another that led the way and became one of the first pubs to ban smoking.
They also tell the amusing story of how clueless marketing chiefs once sent World Cup promotional material for England to the bemused landlord of a proud Scottish pub.
How many of these pubs have you visited, and do you recognise any of the landlords and landladies pictured?
If you enjoyed these photos, you might like this look back at pubs and bars around Scotland in the 90s.
21. Porter's Bar
Landlord Matt Stoves outside Porter's Bar in 2003, with members of the navy, L.O.M. (S.S.M) Dodger Long (left) and C.P.O.(C.A.) Ian Faulkner. Matt had recently finished the navy room in his new bar, which was full of items of interest related to the navy. | TSPL
22. Bowlers Rest
Landlord Kevin McKenzie outside The Bowlers Rest pub, Leith, in 2006 | SEAN BELL Photo: Sean Bell
23. Half Way House
Christie Ward, landlady of the Half Way House pub, in 2008 | tspl Photo: Esme Allen
24. Tyneside Tavern
Paul Kinnoch, landlord of The Tyneside Tavern, toasts with his wife outside the pub to the franchising deal accomplished with Newcastle breweries in 2001 | Alex Huckle Photo: Alex Huckle