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.
25. Volunteer Arms
Calvin Laidlaw, landlord of the Volunteer Arms, on Leith Walk, in 2007 | TSPL Photo: Craig Stephen
26. Jolly Farmer
Julia Horton. landlady of the Jolly Farmer pub, in December 2001. The pub was planning to expand its car park and charge a fee for visitors and staff of the new Edinburgh Royal Infirmary nearby. | TSPL Photo: Andrew Stuart
27. Stewart's Bar
Edinburgh University's artist in residence John McLean (right) presents a painting of Stewart's Bar to the landlord (left) and George Stewart, son of the original owner. This picture was taken outside the Drummond Street pub (now renamed the Brass Monkey) in March 1986. | TSPL
28. Polwarth Tavern
Ben Prowse, landlord of the Polwarth Tavern, Edinburgh, in 2009 | TSPL Photo: Ian Georgeson