AT the height of the infamous ‘six-o’clock-swill’, Sydney health authorities had a crackdown on pubs flouting hygiene regulations in 1946. A culture of heavy drinking evolved in Sydney pubs during the time between finishing work at 5pm, and the mandatory closing… Read More ›
WHEN MR. H. C. BECKER, of Glenside, was about to open a quart bottle of beer at his home on Saturday night he found a spider about 2 inches long floating in the neck of the bottle. The quart… Read More ›
THE following feature story, describing the early names of Tasmanian inns and pubs was published in the Hobart Mercury on July 19 1946. The revealing story gives a glimpse into the colourful signs that once swung above the doors of… Read More ›
“QUONDONG HOTEL, 33 miles from anywhere. Half-way house on the Menindee to Broken Hill coach line.” – The Sydney Mail, Wednesday, October 26, 1910. By MICK ROBERTS © ALL that remains in the arid outback surrounds of where the Quondong Hotel… Read More ›
THE beautiful Federation style Ariah Park Hotel was established in 1914, and features much of its original grandeur, like stained glass windows, and wall tiles and grand staircases.Ariah Park is a small town in the Riverina region of New South Wales,… Read More ›
SOLD OUT… SOLD OUT… SOLD OUT… SOLD OUT… SOLD OUT… -THE LAST OF THE REMAINING STOCK WITH SLIGHTLY MARKED FRONT COVERS- – WITH A REDUCED PRICE OF $20 – HAVE SOLD OUT. THE LOCAL, A History of Hotels and the… Read More ›
THE Occidental Hotel, after more than 60 years as a licensed house in Ballina, has now been closed, and the license surrendered. On the water front, the Occidental in early days was the gathering place of seamen of the… Read More ›
FOR AN UPDATED AND MORE DETAILED VERSION OF THIS STORY, VISIT: Outback Sands Reclaim Yanco Glen Hotel IN January 1987, with a group of friends travelling outback NSW, we stopped at a memorable little galvanised iron pub, with the tiniest… Read More ›
WHAT’S ANZAC Day without two-up? Two-up was played extensively during World War I by Australian diggers, who would flip coins as a way of relieving boredom. The exact origins of the gambling game are murky, but two-up is likely to… Read More ›
DURING the latter part of the 1940s, and early 1950s a popular article appeared on the front page of the Brisbane Telegraph by the name of “Old Bill’s Column”. In nearly every issue there was a reference to a pub… Read More ›