Pubs, people and place in Glebe and Forest Lodge

Max Solling on the history of Glebe & Forest Lodge pubs, and the social, economic & policy forces that shaped their place in our community

Pubs, people and place in Glebe and Forest Lodge

In the late nineteenth century, there were 27 pubs in Glebe and Forest Lodge. Now there are eight.

Max’s talk, ‘Pubs, People and Place in Glebe and Forest Lodge’, begins in the 1840s, when pubs were places for male drinking and were concentrated in the poorer parts of Glebe and Forest Lodge. Gentlemen did not frequent pubs, and women were largely excluded, although some were licensees.

Issues of temperance and respectability, the influence of religion, the power of the breweries, economic conditions and government resulted in policies such as a prohibition on Sunday trading and 6 o’clock closing. At the same time, pubs were places where local sporting, civic and other organisations could meet.

So, if you’d like to know more about the history of our local pubs and the social, economic and policy forces that shaped their place in our community, join us for what promises to be a captivating talk by Max Solling, Glebe’s foremost historian.

Listening to talks can be thirsty work. Buy a drink from the Forest Lodge Hotel bar before the talk.

After the talk, please stay on, chat with neighbours and have a meal (at your expense). The Forest Lodge Hotel’s meals are very good and reasonably priced.

The Forest Lodge Hotel is on the corner of Arundel and Forest Streets - across the road from the Officeworks carpark entry.