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 ›
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 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 ›
THE son of Paddington publican, Joe Ryan was preparing the Rose and Crown Hotel for another day of business in 1952 when a regular customer walked into the bar, and placed a smoking gun on the counter. “Here’s the gun,… Read More ›
MENTION Randwick, and horse racing immediately comes to mind. Besides the historic track known as Royal Randwick, there’s another landmark in the Sydney eastern suburb that bears the same name, and has held an association with nobility for more than… Read More ›
TIME CANNOT BEAT IT. Bar-room Clock Nears Half Century. THIS is the story of a bar-room clock that is reputed to have ticked without relief through storm and stress, through boom and depression, for better or for worse, for 43… Read More ›
FOOTRAIL COMPARISONS: NINE HOURS IN A BAR ROOM: The writer, who describes herself as “An Amateur Barmaid”, took a position behind the bar in a well-known city hotel for one day in 1922, in order to gather material for this… Read More ›
Jack Bennett, of Bexley, believes that for many men the only escape from nagging wives is “the grog.” Bennett voiced this opinion as he downed a schooner in an Elizabeth Street hotel this week. Bennett was one of a number… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © THE rivalry between Melbourne and Sydney is legendary. While Melbourne is often regarded as the fashion, arts, and cultural capital of Australia, Sydney may be called the finance and media capital – more a party town, I suppose. This can… Read More ›
THE Blues Point Hotel, at McMahon Point, North Sydney, has undergone a few transformations since it was established in 1864. The current pub was built in 1938, however the site at the southern corner of Blues Point Road and French… Read More ›