By MICK ROBERTS © High on the wall of Sydney’s Civic Hotel was a screen about 5 feet 6 inches by 4 feet 6 inches (1.6m x 1.4m) with an amplifier where publican Jack Angel regularly showed films to appreciative… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
By MICK ROBERTS © THE Molloy family once reigned over one of Sydney’s best-known bohemian hotels, the haunt of artists, actors, entertainers and journalists. The Newcastle Hotel traded on the south-west corner of George and Sussex Streets, Sydney, a short… Read More ›
Once Identified As Wrong Man, Now Intends To Marry For 3rd Time IN a Sydney hotel last week middle-aged Tom Jones “shouted” for his friends. Tom was celebrating—and for good reason. He had just returned from the grave! For three… Read More ›
EVERYDAY SCENE at the Newcastle Hotel , George Street North. Three business girls get together for a lunchtime “hen party”. Centre back ground (wearing hat) is Mr. Ted (“Tiger”) Hennessy who was president of Lithgow ULVA for 12 years. –… Read More ›
WOMEN CROWDED THE BAR— BUT JUST FOR A WEEK WOMEN drinkers crowded the bar of the King’s Head Hotel, on the corner of Park and Elizabeth Streets, Sydney in 1953 to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The coronation… Read More ›
As Sydney sweltered in a heat-wave in the summer of 1945, hotels were popular. This was the scene at 1pm on Saturday November 3 in the bar of the Astra Hotel, Bondi. The Sydney Sun reported the “average success of… Read More ›