RELEASED FROM CIVIC DUTIES, Mr. A. E. Laws, ex-Labor alderman, helps to quench Sydney’s thirst from behind the bar of the Australian Hotel, in Market Street. – The Daily Telegraph December 22 1927 Advertisements
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Sydney hotels
Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay
Bigger, Better beer garden for Sydney Licensee Jack Thomas, of the Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay, is planning one of the biggest beer gardens in Australia. Recently he established a small beer garden of 15 tables in the concrete courtyard… Read More ›
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Beer and bustle don’t mix
In London in 1750 the gin shop signs used to announce that you could get “drunk for a penny, dead drunk for tuppence.” In Sydney in 1946, due to the tempo of drinking, you can get drunk on four pots,… Read More ›
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Metropolitan Hotel, Sydney
The original Metropolitan Hotel, at the corner of George and Bridge streets Sydney, was demolished in 1910 and replaced with the current heritage listed structure. The site of the Metropolitan has been occupied by a hotel since the 1830s. In… Read More ›
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Strong Man Inn, Parramatta
Breasting the bar earns Margaret time in the watch house MARGARET Carey, after enjoying a couple of rums at the Strong Man Inn, Parramatta in September 1828, was ordered to spend time in the watch house “until sober” after souveniring… Read More ›
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Belmore Hotel, Circular Quay Sydney
A Snake in the bar A COUPLE of blokes who enjoyed a morning tipple at their ‘early opener’ down by Circular Quay, got a good laugh out of a frightened barmaid one Autumn day in 1937. When a four-foot snake… Read More ›
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Bondi pub drinkers rally for war bonds
The sale of war bonds was a significant aspect of the Australian home front during the Second World War. Administered by the Commonwealth War Loan Office, the war loans scheme encouraged Australians to buy war bonds which would mature… Read More ›
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Dog had a taste in Irish celebrations
A well-dressed man with a shamrock in his buttonhole celebrated “Be Kind to Animals Week” as well as St. Patrick’s Day at Parramatta on March 17 1933. Walking into the Tattersall’s Hotel, at the corner of Church and George Streets accompanied by a beautiful… Read More ›
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War time beer shortages
Thousands rush beer at suburban hotel Four thousand people gathered yesterday afternoon at the Imperial Hotel, Milson’s Point – one of the few hotels open in Sydney. The hotel served English beer at a shilling and six pence a pint…. Read More ›
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Royal Oak Hotel, Lidcombe
POLICE TAKE HOTEL DOOR POLICE caused quite a stir when they arrived at the crowded bar of the Royal Oak Hotel at Lidcombe in Sydney’s west one Saturday afternoon with screwdrivers in hand. Drinkers were surprised when shortly after 3pm… Read More ›
