Heritage Hotel Dorrigo Page 15 of 16 Here is the first mine host of Hotel Dorrigo Michael Feros enjoying a drink with his customers. Drinks were served through the top half of the split door between the lounge and the bar. The top half of this split door had a half height servery window. A lady could raise the bottom half of the servery window, be served a drink, and then lower the bottom half of the window. All this could take place without the lady’s face being seen by the barman or anyone else. There was a second Ladies Lounge across the hall from the hotel reception office. This had a similar servery window through which bar staff could serve ladies in this seond lounge. But the second Ladies. Lounge did not have a fireplace. The original bar of the Heritage Hotel Dorrigo had a dispenser for serving Coffee Royale. This is the tall, shiny object next to the barman in the photo. The coffee was made on milk and a shot of rum was added to the coffee as it was served. Separation between male and female drinkers was a characteristic of Australian pubs, in contrast to pubs in England. Segregation continued into the 1970s. In 1965 two women, Merle Thornton and Rosalie Bogner, chained themselves to a public bar in Brisbane. At first the policeman asked them for the keys. They said they didn’t have them, and didn’t know where they were. The policeman then asked for a hammer and smashed the padlock, and asked the women to leave. They said that they wouldn’t leave, and didn’t want to leave, that they weren’t breaking any law, had read the act, had consulted a solicitor, and that it was quite within the law for them to remain in the bar as long as nobody served them with a drink. Eventually the policeman left, saying, ‘Stay as long as you like, have a good time, and don’t drink too much’. Heritage Hotel Dorrigo Corner Hickory & Cudgery Streets, Dorrigo NSW 2453 Good facilities are available meeting room projection screen meals accommodation Contact Mangement to make arrangements Phone: (02) 6657 2016 Email: enquiries@heritagehoteldorrigo.com.au Private Functions Wedding Receptions Conferences
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