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 ›
THE Lennox Hotel at Parramatta opened for business as a Toohey’s tied house in Sydney’s west on Friday, October 10, 1958, after its license was transferred from the nearby Tattersall’s Hotel at the corner of Smith and George Streets. Read… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © MARGARET Creasey must have been wary of banks. Twice, banks purchased her pubs at Parramatta, and moved her from successful operating businesses over her 26 year career as a hotelier. Margaret, along with her husband John, established… Read More ›
A working Class Pub By MICK ROBERTS © WALKING into the public bar of the Zetland Hotel, in the southern suburbs of Sydney, it’s not difficult to see that this is a working class pub. It’s a fascinating tiled, corner… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © AT the harbour end of the Pitt Street Mall, in the heart of Sydney’s busiest shopping precinct, stands a five storey reminder of how the city’s colonial pubs developed. There’s no better example of the evolution… Read More ›