Remember the "British Hotel " Lyttelton

[happy daze john in oz]

I was there boxing day last, copped an aftershock while there. It was still suffereing from the September quake and was in por shape then. Pity the poor people living there, place will never been the same.

[Albert Bishop]

Was only in the Britisher once, and about all I remember is that it was up a Bl**** long Hill. But then again, it was up hill to all the pubs in NZ. Cheers, Albi.

[Glenn Baker]

Hello Terry you were asking about the Melbourne Pubs, in our times well Hosies hotel upstairs was the go in those days , London hotel too was the place where many of the Ladies got too, and Matilda,s the Wine Bar was pretty popular too. New Zealand was always my favourite place though, many of my times were when it was 6 o clock closing, although they eventually got civilised and extended the Hotel times. My times on the Port Pirie were great in many of those ports
best Glenn

[happy daze john in oz]

London hotel port Melbourne, still there. Had the MN day meet up on September 3rd last year.

[Graham Payne]

British Hotel, Lyttelton,
Remember it well, cost me a DR
On the "Icenic" circa 1969, last port on the coast fully loaded, we were all battened down by lunchtime and ready to go at 1700hrs. All the deck crowd buggered off for a last drink before the trip home, SOMEHOW SUDDENLY it was 1600hrs and the third mate and a LOT of old "Bill" were in the pub and carteted us back to the ship. The Old man I swear was smiling when the loggings took place next day ( we got away on time ) unfortunatley the chief mate was a Big Time Ars**** and insisted on our DR's. for conduct.
Happy Days.

[jenny]

Hi Lofty, you werent on the Mairangi Bay with Billy Flynn by any chance as I seem to know your name from somewhere.Regards Jenny

[graham mcglone]

Terry, I spent many happy days in Melbourne and the pub that springs to mind where lots of British sailors would hang out was at Chloe's Bar at Young & Jackson's Hotel on the corner of Swanson and Flinders Street. Chloe was (and still is) a lifesized oil painting of a nude 19 year old Chloe by the French artist Jules Lefebvre and its stood in the back bar since Gaw'd knows when - 1908 I think! Anyone visiting Melbourne now will find Chloe's Bar has gone upmarket to what it was back in the 1960's when we had the 6-o-clock-swill, remember that? Happy days - gone forever.

[happy daze john in oz]

Terry, I spent many happy days in Melbourne and the pub that springs to mind where lots of British sailors would hang out was at Chloe's Bar at Young & Jackson's Hotel on the corner of Swanson and Flinders Street. Chloe was (and still is) a lifesized oil painting of a nude 19 year old Chloe by the French artist Jules Lefebvre and its stood in the back bar since Gaw'd knows when - 1908 I think! Anyone visiting Melbourne now will find Chloe's Bar has gone upmarket to what it was back in the 1960's when we had the 6-o-clock-swill, remember that? Happy days - gone forever.

Chloe is still there but now behind a glass screen. Couple of years ago some idiot tried to wreck it.

[Captain Kong]

Here are some old pubs in Melbourne, Young & Jacksons, and the Sir Charles Hotham corner of Flinders Street and Spencer Street, now a backpackers Hostel , what a waste. the others are in Lyttleton, The British I think the next one is the Mitre then the Royal. I took them three or four years ago. I could never get past the Sir Charles at 4pm, had to stay there until 6pm before being ejected into Flinders Street with my carry outs.
I have many other photos of sailor pubs around the world, When I go there I try to photo them as many have now gone.
Cheers
Brian.

[jenny]

Hi Captain, the 4th photo is the Canterbury pub, never a seamans haunt, whalfies used to drink there, well scabs actually as they werent welcome anywhere else and could stick with their own kind.