By MICK ROBERTS © PATRICK Trainer built a coaching inn that would later become famous for a white timber horse that sat over the doorway of its public bar. The White Horse Hotel, a two-storey brick building, was a change-over… Read More ›
Victoria hotels
Bendigo’s Albert Hotel had a secret ‘after hours’ passage for customers
Have you heard stories of secret passages and hidden doorways in pubs? Concealed passages and doors allowed drinkers discretely to enter and leave bars ‘after-hours’, away from the prying eyes of the law, and to enjoy the pub at the… Read More ›
Lorne Hotel, Lorne
THE VARIETIES OF SUBURBAN LIFE – A CURIOUS COW. At the Colac Court, Victoria, Nellie Rooke, licensee of the Lorne Hotel, sued J. T. Anderson, storekeeper, of Lorne, for trespass by a cow. The cow was a source of constant… Read More ›
Mooreland Hotel, Brunswick
SUDDEN DEATH. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Violet Amy Preston, wife of the licensee of the Moreland Hotel, Brunswick (Vic.), died suddenly. She was working in the bar during the morning. Later she retired to a private parlor, where she fell asleep… Read More ›
St Andrews Hotel, Victoria
BOMB THROWN ON TO ROOF OF HOTEL MELBOURNE. Tuesday. A bomb, which was thrown on to the roof of the St. Andrew’s Hotel, Queenstown 25 miles from Melbourne, at 9 o’clock last night, blew a hole in the corrugated iron roof… Read More ›
Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood
Explosion in Door of Hotel An explosion, which shook the building, blasted the lock from the front door of the Gasometer Hotel, Smith-street, Collingwood (Victoria), early on Saturday. An unexploded stick of gelignite was found beside the door, but police… Read More ›
Hec calls the tune
In this age of TV and large scale entertainment, there’s one hotel in Ballarat (Victoria) which has solved the problem of entertaining customers with a one-man show. It’s the Athletic Club Hotel, where barman Hec Stephens (pictured) plays a toy… Read More ›
Parrot frozen to water bowl
Joy the parrot at the Bridge Hotel, Yackandandah, Victoria, went to sleep with his long tail dipping in his water bowl. Although the cage was placed in a closed shed for the night, the water froze, and in the morning… Read More ›
Topless barmaids charged after helping launch Courage beer in Victoria
Courage Beer attempted to break the stranglehold Carlton & United had on the beer market in Victoria with its launch on October 10, 1968. Courage introduced a range of brands and undertook a massive marketing and promotions campaign in Victorian… Read More ›
Stolen money hidden in barman’s wooden leg
A ONE legged barman was charged with stealing £142 from a pub in an inner seaside suburb of Melbourne in 1952. The Melbourne Age reported that the employee was detained by police at St Kilda on January 20 1952 on… Read More ›