By MICK ROBERTS © A CANNY Scotsman with a reputation for being careful with his money, Jimmy Richardson, was one of Australia’s most successful hoteliers. Jimmy built an empire of Melbourne hotels, before selling them all – with the exception of… Read More ›
A WOMAN turned a few heads within the bar of the Richmond Club Hotel in Richmond, Victoria in 1891 when she plunged completely naked into the outside water trough. Today the horse drinking trough outside the Swan Street pub has… Read More ›
ACTU president Albert Monk joins the Soviet and Chinese delegates in a good old Australian custom — breasting the bar to enjoy a few middies of Melbourne’s famous beer. – Sydney Tribune July 11 1956
By Malcolm Salmon MRS Gladys Ramsay retired on February 24 after 32 years behind the bar at the Great Britain Hotel at the waterfront end of Flinders Street, Melbourne. And a crowd of her wharfie regulars (above) turned up to… Read More ›
THEY LOOK EXTRA GOOD These pots have an extra good look about them, but don’t be hopeful. Picture shows a new beer servicing device known as “Pluto” in use in a Melbourne hotel. It consists of six feet of transparent… Read More ›
REVIVAL OF AN OLD CUSTOM
LAST OF MELBOURNE ‘S OLDEST HOTEL Wreckers demolishing the Apollo Inn, at the corner of Russell street and Flinders lane — Melbourne’s most ancient hostelry. It was here that [John] Batman, the founder of Melbourne, used to take his glass. – Weekly Times… 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 Ken Schapel he charm of the Australian pub — distinguished from the hotel — lies in its simplicity. No criticism can divest it of that. The pub belongs to the country, the hotel to the city and bigger provincial… Read More ›
