LITHGOW unionists, who have declared a “beer strike,” will inscribe on a “dishonor roll” the names of men caught drinking beer. This beer strike habit is growing serious. There has been an epidemic of it lately. Pretty soon the breweries… Read More ›
Sword discovery in the hotel basement WHEN the old Royal Hotel in George Street Sydney was demolished and preparation began on a replacement building in 1928, workers found an old sword in a brick pit in its basement. The old… Read More ›
Palace Hotel, Darlinghurst By MICK ROBERTS © THE Palace Hotel was first licensed in December 1878. Currently a craft beer pub, specialising in Australian brews, the former Palace Hotel, at the corner of Flinders Street and South Dowling Road at… Read More ›
A GRAND old pub, trading for more than a century in Sydney’s inner-west, has sadly lost her ‘native title’ in recent years. When I called into the Rose Hotel on busy Cleveland Street for a Sunday beer, there wasn’t a… Read More ›
THE former City View Hotel sits on the corner of Vine Street and Abercrombie Street, opposite the Eveleigh Hotel, in Sydney’s inner-south. The City View was established by John Walsh in 1877 and it traded for 88 years before Tooth… Read More ›
NOW operating as a pizza restaurant, with a licensed bar, the Britannia Hotel was built in 1879 on land purchased by William Hutchinson in 1845. Located on busy Cleveland Street in the inner-west Sydney suburb of Darlington, the pub sits on… Read More ›
GENTRIFICATION is around the corner for arguably Sydney’s last working class inner-city suburb, Redfern. But, for those who appreciate the remnants of working class Sydney, there’s still a few traditional pubs worth a visit. One of my favourite Redfern pubs… Read More ›
This week the Sunday Telegraph asked the President of the United Liquor Victuallers Association (ULVA), Mr N. Connolly, the attitude the ULVA would adopt toward a Sydney publican who reintroduced the pre-war gesture of “shouting” rounds of drinks for his… Read More ›
“LET’S drop into the ‘Shakey’ for a bite and a beer,” was my suggestion as we battled the traffic towards Sydney from Wollongong. After a morning visiting family in Bulli, and the thirst inducing drive north to Sydney, through grinding… Read More ›
THE population of the Wollongong region exploded after Charles Hoskins entered into an agreement with the NSW Government to build a steelworks at Port Kembla in 1927. In 1936, BHP acquired Australian Iron and Steel Limited and production at Port Kembla increased rapidly… Read More ›