LIKE OLD TIMES.-At about midday on Thursday, a young man drove up to the front of the Royal Hotel, in Molesworth-street, Lismore, got out of the sulky, took the horse out and tied him up to the post, and politely left them… Read More ›
NSW hotels
Road trip: a few Marrickville pubs
INNER west Sydney’s diminishing art-deco architecture was the focus of our road trip when Time Gents visited four pubs in and around Marrickville late last month. A relatively short drive from our inner-city base, is the destination we like to… Read More ›
Thirsty Newcastle customers
With temperatures rising to 90 degrees [32.2 celsius] in Newcastle yesterday, the hotels were thronged with thirsty customers – so thirsty that the beer supplies failed in some cases. This group made a typical scene during the afternoon. – Newcastle… Read More ›
Historic Sydney bar ended up in the Great Western Hotel, Orange
Sydney bar travels 250 kilometres west to Orange By MICK ROBERTS © THERE’S a pub in the central west tablelands of NSW that has links to one of Sydney’s most famous early colonial hotels. After its closure in 1950, the… Read More ›
Road trip to Parramatta: A visit to the Horse & Jockey, Keighery’s, Parramatta’s Rose & Crown, and the Royal Oak
Parramatta Road’s Oldest Pubs A SUNDAY drive along Parramatta Road took us to rediscover some of Sydney’s oldest pubs. The plan was to visit seven pubs between Sydney and Parramatta, with lunch at the Rose and Crown. Come with Time… Read More ›
Oatley Hotel begins with a blast
BLASTING WITHOUT PERMISSION. Frank J. Dwyer was fined £2 and 8/- costs for blasting at Oatley without at first having obtained permission. Sergeant Francis stated that defendant was blasting rock to make a cellar for a new hotel. Tiles and… Read More ›
First Nugget Hotel, Bathurst
STRANGE HOTEL PENALTY. For one hour drinks were off at First Nugget Hotel, Bathurst, as the result of an order made by Mr. Le Brun Brown (chairman of the Licenses Reduction Board) for the license of the hotel to be… Read More ›
Road Trip: The Cobb & Co trail
IF you follow the old Cobb & Co coach route between the two historic country cities of Bathurst and Goulburn, through former gold mining villages and settlements in New South Wales’ mid-west, it should take you about three or four… Read More ›
Town Hall Hotel, Newtown
ROBBERY IN HOTEL Secreting themselves in the boiler room of the Town Hall Hotel, King-street, Newtown, before closing time yesterday, thieves emerged from their hiding place after the last customer had gone, and stole 50 bottles of whisky, 175 packets of cigarettes and… Read More ›
Old timers at Kurri Kurri
Robert Bruce, 74, and Andy Callaghan, 73, retired mineworkers, chat over a cool glass of beer at Kurri Kurri yesterday. – Newcastle Morning Herald (NSW) Tuesday 6 December 1949.