A well-dressed man with a shamrock in his buttonhole celebrated “Be Kind to Animals Week” as well as St. Patrick’s Day at Parramatta on March 17 1933. Walking into the Tattersall’s Hotel, at the corner of Church and George Streets accompanied by a beautiful… Read More ›
Thousands rush beer at suburban hotel Four thousand people gathered yesterday afternoon at the Imperial Hotel, Milson’s Point – one of the few hotels open in Sydney. The hotel served English beer at a shilling and six pence a pint…. Read More ›
POLICE TAKE HOTEL DOOR IT was a little draughty in the bar of the Royal Oak Hotel one Saturday afternoon last century after a police raid. Quite a stir was caused when police arrived with a tool kit at the… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © THE pubs we visited on our road trip to Sydney’s inner-west in 2019 started their trading life as working class, blue collar establishments. The four pubs all opened over a century ago, frequented by wharfies, factory… Read More ›
Marrickville had the longest bar in NSW…. The Hotel Marrickville in Sydney’s inner-west reportedly had the longest public bar in NSW during the 1940s. This long-gone pub is not to be confused with the current Marrickville Hotel located at 244 Marrickville Road, which… Read More ›
BEER bowsers first made an appearance in the late 1940s and early 1950s when they became popular in another new innovation sweeping across pubs in Australia – beer gardens. A beer bowser made an appearance in the beer garden of… Read More ›
NOORAN, nine-year-old Harold Park pacer, to whom owner -trainer Harold Collins is giving a schooner, is a “regular” at hotels from St Peters to Bondi. Each day he drinks four or five schooners when pulling a cart which delivers poultry… Read More ›
TICKLED THE PUB PETER* ARCHIE MILTON CRANNERY tried to big-note himself at the Friend-in-Hand alehouse, Glebe, on January 6, when he grabbed the ten shilling currency in the till with one hand, and clamped on the singles and fivers with… Read More ›
No Beer, Hotel Shut, Sailor Unhappy The Criterion Hotel, Pitt-street, city, was unable to open its doors except for an hour late this afternoon, because of the shortage of beer. “The position is hopeless,” said the licensee, Mr. A. Horsman…. Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © THERE’S a feeling of longevity, a sense of durability at the Glenroy Hotel. The Alexandria pub, in Sydney’ inner-southern suburbs, a stone’s throw from Redfern, has been quenching thirsts for as long as anybody cares to… Read More ›