By MICK ROBERTS © High on the wall of Sydney’s Civic Hotel was a screen about 5 feet 6 inches by 4 feet 6 inches (1.6m x 1.4m) with an amplifier where publican Jack Angel regularly showed films to appreciative… Read More ›
NSW hotels
Beer bottle ear-rings for barmaids
A new fashion in ear-rings is worn by barmaids at a Newcastle suburban hotel. Carol Munday is pictured fitting a beer bottle top ear-ring for Lili Skafe. – The Newcastle Sun 17 November 1954
Beach Hotel’s ‘freak show’
WEIGHING a hefty 46 stone, or just over 290 kilograms, “Jolly Nelly”, the cook at the Beach Hotel, was dubbed “The world’s fattest lady”. Nelly was brought to Sydney from America to be part of Arthur Greenhalgh’s ‘freak show’ before… Read More ›
Imperial Hotel, Inverell
On the job for 85 years THREE employees of the Imperial Hotel, Inverell (NSW) have spent a total of 85 years at the one hotel. William Henderson (left) has been barman for 27 years, says he has opened between 15,000… Read More ›
Golden Fleece Hotel, Albury
OLD HOTEL GOES TO MAKE WAY FOR SCHOOL The former Golden Fleece Hotel in Albury was demolished in 1939 to make way for a school playground. The pub was located in David Street, and was demolished, along with a few… Read More ›
Yerong Creek Hotel
TAKEN OVER YERONG CREEK HOTEL Mr and Mrs E. Lalor, with Miss Lalor, who have taken over the lease of the Yerong Creek Hotel. – The Border Morning Mail March 19 1943. Yerong Creek is a town in the Riverina area… Read More ›
Road trip: The cocky and the drag queen
Two very different publicans By Mick Roberts © THEY say that Braidwood, on the NSW Southern Highlands is a diverse community, a place where the city meets the bush, where artists mingle with farmers, where mechanics and shearers share a… Read More ›
Sydney’s Bohemian pub: the Newcastle Hotel and the Molloys
By MICK ROBERTS © THE Molloy family once reigned over one of Sydney’s best-known bohemian hotels, the haunt of artists, actors, entertainers and journalists. The Newcastle Hotel traded on the south-west corner of George and Sussex Streets, Sydney, a short… Read More ›
Women celebrate Queen’s coronation
WOMEN CROWDED THE BAR— BUT JUST FOR A WEEK WOMEN drinkers crowded the bar of the King’s Head Hotel, on the corner of Park and Elizabeth Streets, Sydney in 1953 to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The coronation… Read More ›
Heat packs the bar of the Astra
As Sydney sweltered in a heat-wave in the summer of 1945, hotels were popular. This was the scene at 1pm on Saturday November 3 in the bar of the Astra Hotel, Bondi. The Sydney Sun reported the “average success of… Read More ›