ONE of the magnificent landmarks of the NSW railway town of Culcairn is its grand hotel, built for Frederick William Scholz in 1911. The original single storey Culcairn Hotel was constructed in 1891 for local businessman, Alexander McBean, who did… Read More ›
WHEN publican Solomon Wiseman died in 1838, he was buried next to his first wife in the garden of his hotel overlooking the Hawkesbury River. However, it wasn’t to be his last resting place, with the former convict to be… Read More ›
Although the story states the licensee of the North Richmond Hotel was E.J. Baker, it was in fact, Stephen Henry Baker. Stephen Baker held the license of the North Richmond Hotel from 1941 to 1957 (except for a few times when… Read More ›
SCOOTING: Jim Gault, 38, rode his five-year-old son’s scooter from Lakemba to Hurlstone Park [5.7 kms] today with a two-fold purpose — to beat the rail strike and win a bet of £1 and 10 schooners. He will have to ride the scooter from his work… Read More ›
A representative of Tooth’s Brewery today took possession of the bar of the Pier Hotel, Botany-road, Botany, until certain matters are dealt with by the Licensing Court next Wednesday. The Licensee, Mr. Len Harris, has removed his stock of beer… Read More ›
A BARMAID who threw a glass of beer at a police sergeant at the Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay, saying : “Here – cop this?” still lives to tell the tale. In fact, she’s still throwing beer at customers. Her… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © WHILE my wife ran a few errands, I waited over a schooner of Resch’s at the White Horse Hotel on Crown Street, Surry Hills, Sydney. Pulling-up a bar stool, I noticed sitting beside my beer, a tip… Read More ›
A FREE counter lunch was being served at a well-known pub in Castlereagh-street, Sydney, where “thirsty men leaned comfortably over glasses of foaming lager”, reported the Sun newspaper on November 19 1929, when they were disturbed by a barefooted boy…. Read More ›
AT the height of the infamous ‘six-o’clock-swill’, Sydney health authorities had a crackdown on pubs flouting hygiene regulations in 1946. A culture of heavy drinking evolved in Sydney pubs during the time between finishing work at 5pm, and the mandatory closing… Read More ›
TWO Sydney barmaids — Billie Williams and Gladys Henwood — were not impressed by Melbourne’s champion beer puller, Cyril O’Brien, who boasted he could serve 1000 customers in an hour at the Windsor Hotel. Newspapers across the country reported in… Read More ›