THESE LUCKY FEW FOUND OASIS IN BEER DESERT THE beer shortage in Sydney yesterday was the most acute on record, the president of the United Licensed Victuallers’ Association (Mr. N. H. Connolly) said last, night. Mr Connolly said less than… Read More ›
THE BREAKING OF THE DROUGHT CAMPSIE is to have its only hotel, but many residents oppose the innovation. They allege that it will “bring undesirables to the district, and by the cause of disturbances. The history of Campsie for the… Read More ›
WHEN Sydney police raided sly-grog shops during the 1920s, the confiscated beer, wine and spirits were usually auctioned, attracting large crowds looking to grab a bargain. In October 1920, 4,000 bottles of beer were sold at an auction “for fairly… Read More ›
“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 ›
AN ongoing feud between Cecil ‘Tibby’ Bell and the Thornton brothers came to a tragic end outside the public bar of the Camelia Grove Hotel in Sydney’s inner-south on a summer’s night in 1930. Born in 1910, Tibby Bell grew-up… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © KNOWN as the ‘Diamond Queen’, publican Rose Rooney was the toast of Sydney’s Bohemian social life for over 20 years. There were few as colourful as Rose, who possessed of personality, and a lively wit, attracted… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS THE cellar’s sunk and the concrete slab laid in readiness for a new micro-brewery to be opened in a historic former guesthouse at Bulli on the NSW South Coast. While progress has been steady, the owners of… Read More ›
AN ANCIENT HOSTELRY There are several Woolpack Hotels in the State, but the oldest of them all, with the exception perhaps of that at Parramatta, has lately been demolished at Canterbury. The earliest inhabitants, differ as to its age. Some… Read More ›
Observer Hotel, The Rocks, Sydney By MICK ROBERTS © ALTHOUGH right-handed, when I drop into the Observer Hotel at Sydney’s Rocks, I like to drink a beer using my left hand. The gesture is in memory of a left-handed drag-queen… Read More ›
THE hotels in Wollongong, south of Sydney, went through a major transformation during the 1930s, following a population explosion after the establishment of Hoskins Iron and Steel Works at Port Kembla in 1927. The works, a few kilometres south of Wollongong,… Read More ›