CLOUDY was a pony that made the news with his beer drinking antics in 1953. The 88cm (35 inch) pony, reported the World’s News on March 23, had raised around £800 by appearing at fairs, fetes and parades. Besides his… Read More ›
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And then there was one… The last delivery horse at SA Brewery
‘WHISKY’, a grey, is, the only horse left at the SA Brewing Company, after horses have pulled the company’s beer delivery wagons in Adelaide for more than 60 years. They have been replaced by motor trucks. The last pair of… Read More ›
Before pokies and tellies, talented pets were popular pub attractions
WAY before pokies and television screens, pubs had to find other means to attract and entertain customers to their bars. Pets of various descriptions were often used to draw custom, and occasionally the talented animals and the the pubs they… Read More ›
Kangaroo calls at pub for drink
MELBOURNE, Sat — Will kangaroos drink beer? Should they be permitted to do so? The committee of the Field Naturalists’ Club of Victoria was confronted by these puzzles this week. The matter arose from a recent complaint by a member… Read More ›
Hen gets ‘clucky’ on beer
Here she is, Hilda, the beer-drinking hen: At Jack Ahem’s Hamilton Hotel [Brisbane, Qld] they’ve got hen which drinks beer — and cat which puts hen to bed when it gets ‘clucky’ on grog! “Hilda the Hen’s” penchant for beer… Read More ›
Wagga Wagga cocky wants a beer?
“Curley” Elphick, barman at a Wagga hotel, photographed recently with his pet cockatoo which drinks a middy of beer a day. – Avon Argus November 23 1950 Subscribe to the latest Time Gents’ stories OR CONTRIBUTE BY CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD… Read More ›
Belmore Hotel, Circular Quay Sydney
A Snake in the bar A COUPLE of blokes who enjoyed a morning tipple at their ‘early opener’ down by Circular Quay, got a good laugh out of a frightened barmaid one Autumn day in 1937. When a four-foot snake… Read More ›
Dog had a taste in Irish celebrations
A well-dressed man with a shamrock in his buttonhole celebrated “Be Kind to Animals Week” as well as St. Patrick’s Day at Parramatta on March 17 1933. Walking into the Tattersall’s Hotel, at the corner of Church and George Streets accompanied by a beautiful… Read More ›
Harold Park trotter’s training plan
NOORAN, nine-year-old Harold Park pacer, to whom owner -trainer Harold Collins is giving a schooner, is a “regular” at hotels from St Peters to Bondi. Each day he drinks four or five schooners when pulling a cart which delivers poultry… Read More ›