By MICK ROBERTS © REPLACED by a large high rise office building, the art-deco Cosmopolitan Hotel was the scene of what was likely one of Sydney’s first recorded gay hate crimes. The 1939 murder remains unsolved to this day, and… Read More ›
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Tragic tale of publican, who accidently shot his lover at the Observer Hotel
By MICK ROBERTS © THE publican of Sydney’s Observer Hotel was arrested and charged with murder in 1944, after shooting his lover in a tragic accident that made headlines around the country. This is the heartbreaking tale of Nelson Buchanan Grindal,… Read More ›
Where are you Ronnie Tilley?
YOUNG Ronnie Tilley would be drawing close to 75 years of age today [2020], if he is still enjoying a glass of ginger beer today….
Peter’s beer glass bath at the Star Hotel
“BUT I’LL TAKE my bath now”. In a tilted schooner of lukewarm water, Peter washes himself. Peter lives with his owner, Mrs. Thelma Smith, in the Star Hotel, George St., (Sydney) city. Each morning after his bath he is dried… Read More ›
New glasses for beer
Smaller beer glasses have been introduced in Sydney hotels, following an increase in the excise duty. The old and the new glasses are shown in this picture, taken to-day in a city hotel. –The Sun (Sydney, NSW ) Tuesday 19 September… Read More ›
An oversight
Charabanc Guide: “We are now passing the oldest hotel in Sydney. Convivial Squatter: “Cripes, why?”
Long drought ends for beer drinkers
ALMOST A LOST ART – drinkers lining the bar at the Orient Hotel, George-street North, today, where the beer “came on” at 11.20 am. There was little talk. – The Sun (Sydney, NSW)Wednesday 10 April 1946. * The end of World War II meant… Read More ›
Beer Balancing Act: Newtown dog’s party trick
WITH only two legs, this would be difficult; but a Newtown fox terrier made balancing on the top of an inverted beer glass seem simple enough. Maybe she hoped that the effort would be rewarded by a full glass…. Read More ›