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Evolution of the Australian beer glass

By Mick Roberts on January 10, 2020 • ( 1 )

From pint, to long sleever, to pot and schooner By MICK ROBERTS © THE ‘long sleever’ was an impressive looking beer glass that stood 45cm high and held an Imperial pint, or 20 fluid ounces. In colonial times, when… Read More ›

When talented pets were pub attractions

By Mick Roberts on December 4, 2019 • ( 0 )

WAY before gaming machines and television screens, pubs had to find other means to attract and entertain customers. Pets of various descriptions were often used to draw custom, and occasionally the talented animals and their pubs gained national and… Read More ›

Dind’s Hotel, Milson’s Point

By Mick Roberts on November 6, 2019 • ( 0 )

Theatrics, drama and drinking at colonial inn By MICK ROBERTS © AMID the clanging of pewter mugs, narrating of bawdy poetry, raucous sing-a-longs, and of course, the ale induced bellowing of theatrical recitals, stood Sydney innkeeper, William ‘Bill’ Dind. Dind… Read More ›

Albury Hotel, Paddington

By Mick Roberts on August 25, 2019 • ( 1 )

DRANK AT LEISURE COMFORT: To celebrate the New Year these men set up their own beer garden outside the old Albury Hotel, which is being demolished under the Oxford Street widening scheme. The hotel is on a boundary. Half the… Read More ›

Long drink ends sailor’s long thirst

By Mick Roberts on August 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

Civic Hotel’s ‘moving pictures’

By Mick Roberts on August 4, 2019 • ( 0 )

High on the wall of the Civic Hotel, Pitt and Goulburn Streets Sydney was a screen about 5 feet 6 inches by 4 feet 6 inches with an amplifier where publican Jack Angel regularly showed films to appreciative drinkers in… Read More ›

These barmaids topped the poll

By Mick Roberts on August 1, 2019 • ( 0 )

THESE three barmaids topped the poll in the Popular Barmaid contest held in aid of the Parents and Citizens’ Federation funds, to provide comforts in schools. The winner was Miss Laurie Hawe, of the Oceanic Hotel, Coogee. Second place went… Read More ›

The Sydney swill at six

By Mick Roberts on July 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

This is what six o’clock closing means to most men — an undignified stand-up battle for an after-work drink in gloomy, unattractive surroundings. This rushed drinking against the clock forces most men to drink too much, too quickly leads to… Read More ›

Old Commodore Hotel, North Sydney

By Mick Roberts on June 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

Middy-a-minute man replaces his sweat Fifty-nine-year-old gasworker Bert Fyfe yesterday drank 12 middies of beer in four minutes. A few minutes before this he drank six middies in a leisurely six minutes. Before returning to work he drank five more… Read More ›

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