They were the traditional pubs you visited on a lunchtime, after work or perhaps on a weekend as part of a pub crawl to remember. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, feature publicans and staff who provided a warm welcome and a tipple to match. READ MORE: 43 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

1. Whitelocks
Revellers enjoy a lunch-time drink at Whitelocks in October 1995. Photo: Justin Lloyd


3. Leeds city centre pubs in the 1990s
Enjoy these photo memories of the more traditional city centre pubs you visited during the 1990s. Photo: Justin Lloyd

4. Tap & Spile
This is publican Ralph Hartley next to the Tap and Spile in Leeds city centre which was threatened with closure in June 1998. Photo: Dan Oxtoby

5. Victoria Hotel
Bridget McGourty (L) who has worked in the Victoria on Great George Street for the last 25 years, hands over a pint of Tetley's to Queen Victoria look-alike Moira Main. The pub celebrated its re-opening in May 1997 following a £300,000 refit and to mark Bridget's long service with the brewery one of it's several bars was named after her. Photo: Charles Knight

6. General Elliot
Do you remember Steven Smith? He was licencee of the General Elliot pub on Vicar Lane. Photo: Justin Lloyd