By MICK ROBERTS © LIKE footballers, it seemed it was once a right of passage for boxers to turn their hand to a pub career after retiring from their sport. One pugilist who swapped his gloves for a publican apron was… Read More ›
Sydney hotels
Hundreds of beer glasses stolen in one day at the Dee Why Hotel on Sydney’s northern beaches
Last Boxing Day was not a happy one for mine host, Nev Tipping, of the Dee Why Hotel, Sydney. And yet it should have been. He had plenty of beer, a great number of customers, excellent drinking weather, and 2,000… Read More ›
Britons beer at Woolloomooloo’s Merryfield Hotel
THE MERRYFIELD HOTEL, East Sydney, is one of the few hotels in Sydney serving beer. The hotel serves Briton’s beer, supply of which has not been affected by the present strike. Picture was taken at 10.30am yesterday. – The Daily… Read More ›
Malay barman, Tan’s special cocktails made drinkers ‘blink and ask for more’
CHINESE barman K. W. Tan (right), who used to shake cocktails on Burns, Philp steamers, now pulls beers at the Prince of Wales Hotel, George Street; City [Sydney]. Tan, a refugee from Malaya, was placed at the hotel to release… Read More ›
The pub that Edmund Resch built: Imperial Hotel, Paddington
The landmark Sydney pub, the Imperial, at the corner of Oxford and Underwood Streets, Paddington was established by Henry Challener in 1874. Originally known as the Cross Guns Hotel, the name was changed to the Imperial in 1891. Edmund Resch,… Read More ›
Murder outside Paddington pub: Smoking gun placed on the bar of Rose & Crown Hotel
THE son of Paddington publican, Joe Ryan was preparing the Rose and Crown Hotel for another day’s trading in the Spring of 1952 when one of his regular customers calmly walked into the bar, and placed a smoking gun on… Read More ›
Randwick’s Royal Hotel and its association with the sport of kings
MENTION Randwick, and horse racing immediately springs to mind. Besides the historic horse racing track known as Royal Randwick, there’s another landmark in Sydney’s east that holds the same regal title, and has held an association with nobility for more… Read More ›
Captain Cook Hotel’s old clock called time for almost a half century at Miller’s Point, Sydney
A grand-old wall clock that hung in the bar of the Captain Cook Hotel at Miller’s Point, Sydney, ticked away for almost half a century, reported the Daily Standard newspaper on April 27, 1933. While the Captain Cook Hotel continues… Read More ›
How Sydney Drinks: Amateur barmaid reporter goes behind the bar for hotel story
The above image was captured by Sydney photographer, Phil Ward at the Hotel Bondi in 1951. Although at first glance it would seem the photo was taken before closing, during the old “six o’clock swill”, it was in fact taken… Read More ›
Grog, only escape from nagging wife
OH, how times have changed! Can you imagine a story like the following published in the media today? A Daily Telegraph reporter hit the streets of Sydney in 1954 to undertake a ‘vox-pop’ with male drinkers in an Elizabeth Street… Read More ›