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 ›
YOU know that glare? That glare you get from patrons when you walk into an unfamiliar pub? Is there a more uncomfortable feeling? Yes, there is a more uneasy feeling; that feeling when you walk into an almost empty bar,… Read More ›
IN an effort to spread evenly the number of pubs around a rapidly expanding Sydney in the late 1940s, the NSW Government began encouraging the removal of inner-city pub licenses out into the suburbs. One of the first so called… Read More ›
THE Lennox Hotel at Parramatta opened for business as a Toohey’s tied house in Sydney’s west on Friday, October 10, 1958, after its license was transferred from the nearby Tattersall’s Hotel at the corner of Smith and George Streets. Read… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © MARGARET Creasey must have been wary of banks. Twice, banks purchased her pubs at Parramatta, and moved her from successful operating businesses over her 26 year career as a hotelier. Margaret, along with her husband John, established… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © THE Asian belief of Karma – a spiritual notion where intent and actions influence the future – played an interesting role in the story of a pub in Sydney’s south. The Kogarah Hotel, at the southern corner… Read More ›
THE Golden Grove Hotel sat on the corner of Alma and Raglan Streets at Darlington, Sydney. The pub was established in 1880 and traded for 74 years before its license was transfered to Maroubra on October 22 1954 to make… Read More ›