TICKLED THE PUB PETER* ARCHIE MILTON CRANNERY tried to big-note himself at the Friend-in-Hand alehouse, Glebe, on January 6, when he grabbed the ten shilling currency in the till with one hand, and clamped on the singles and fivers with… Read More ›
“Time gents, drink ’em up”, was the barman’s call as six o’clock approached and the taps were turned off for another day. The six o’clock swill was Australian and New Zealand slang for the last-minute rush to buy drinks before the… Read More ›
THE George Hotel, in Lydiard street, opposite the Ballarat Stock Exchange, is one of the first-class hotels of Ballarat. It is a large and old-established house, and has lately fallen into most competent hands, its management having been taken over… Read More ›
No Beer, Hotel Shut, Sailor Unhappy The Criterion Hotel, Pitt-street, city, was unable to open its doors except for an hour late this afternoon, because of the shortage of beer. “The position is hopeless,” said the licensee, Mr. A. Horsman…. Read More ›
“SWALLOW” LESS IN NEW GLASSES Black Wednesday at the Bar! ‘Tis Black Wednesday – a frothy pint costs a penny more from 6 o’clock this morning – blame [Treasurer] Dr. [Earle] Page’s Federal Budget. A pint of beer, ale, lager,… Read More ›
THE Dubbo Dispatch reported a “sordid story” on October 18 1928 after a red faced Albert Morgan hired a room at the Great Western Hotel at Dubbo. Now known as the Garden Hotel, Albert, the Dispatch reported, stayed the night… Read More ›
This barrel broke the drought TO the relief of publicans and drinkers a 34-day-beer strike by workers at the Carlton and United Brewery ended at 3pm on December 2 1952 – just in time for Christmas. Hotels all over Melbourne… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © THERE’S a feeling of longevity, a sense of durability at the Glenroy Hotel. The Alexandria pub, in Sydney’ inner-southern suburbs, a stone’s throw from Redfern, has been quenching thirsts for as long as anybody cares to… Read More ›
DREAMY-EYED with ecstasy, wharfie Gus Girdler, of Stanmore, savors the delicate fragrance of a daffodil in the “Blue Room” of the Harbor View Hotel. His fellow flower-lovers are ex-middleweight-champion-now-wharfie Jack Haines (left) and George Olson, of Belmore. Watching the trio… Read More ›
PEERING into the tinted windows of the Belfield Hotel, hands cupped, for a minute I thought we had lost another of Sydney’s old pubs. The bar was empty, deserted and tables and chairs upturned. There was no sign of life…. Read More ›
Time Gents visited the Maroubra Bay Hotel, in the eastern suburbs of Sydney today, and were not disappointed. The iconic beachside pub has undergone many transformations over its 92 years of trade. Opened for business in October 1926, its first… Read More ›
