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In 1887, Mr. George H. Lewis was licensee of the West End Hotel. The hotel also included his blacksmith and wheelwright business. In 1891, Mr. Patrick O’Reilly had the licence for the West End Hotel, and it was owned by Mrs Mary O’Connell. 29 January 1899 – Transfer of West End Hotel license from Mrs. Annie McLoughlin to Mr. Joseph A. Catip. Western Champion, 1 December 1896 reports about the hotel narrowly escaping fire after one of the top floor bedrooms was in a fire. In 1909, the West End Hotel narrowly survived the big fire that swept along the street on 10 August, destroying seventeen buildings. Mrs Ellen Dobbins was the owner and licensee of the West End Hotel from 1912. January 1913 – License of the West End Hotel is transferred from Mrs. Ellen Dobbins to Mrs. Elizabeth Donlan. 10 October 1914 – ownership and license of the West End Hotel is transferred from Mrs. Elizabeth Donlan to Mr. Bernard Charles. In October 1915, it wasn’t so lucky, being destroyed by a fire that started in Beech Street probably behind Butler’s Auction rooms. Tenders were called for the erection of a new hotel in November 1915. The new hotel, in a grander style, was operating in 1916 from the same site. Source: barcaldine-peopleplacesthings.org/west-end-hotel/

Something mysterious about Royal Hotel. CHARTERS TOWERS' RICH HISTORY TOLD THROUGH GHOSTLY TALES The gold rush brought out the best and the worst in people according to history buff Jack Sim. Jack runs ghost tours in Brisbane and has recently brought the business to Charters Towers. He was attracted to the north Queensland town because of its rich and prosperous history; he says the town is full of ghost stories. Hotel home to grizzly tales The Royal Hotel is one of the stops on the ghost tour - a grand old building with a dark past. "It was here in 1901 that there was a dramatic and terribly violent incident that took place," Jack said. An estranged couple, the Cordays, met at the hotel. That was despite the fact that Mrs. Corday, and her friend who accompanied her, knew that Mr. Corday had violent intentions toward his wife following their separation. "He was unhappy with her extra-marital relationships," Jack recounted. "After leaving them to come into the bar here to get some drinks for his partner... he re-entered the room [but] instead of having drinks in his hand he held a revolver. "He shot her at virtually point-blank range in the head, and then took his own life in the bar." As the years went on it became well known around town that the dead couple haunted the pub. They are joined by one of the hotel's former proprietors, Mrs. McDonald, who owned the pub for 50 years. "The current owner of the hotel, she tells me that when she comes up the staircase she feels Mrs. McDonald walking right beside [her] as she comes up the stairs each day," he said. "Not in a bad way, she just feels like the lady that was her predecessor is just there with her, helping her to manage the hotel." Source: www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/05/11/4233354.htm

Going by the date on the movie posters in the background, this photo would be from 1937 as the 4th of May was a Tuesday in 1937.

Yes, thanks, claxpro. We had checked that on a perpetual calendar but had just loaded the record for the whole collection. There is a date note on the catalog record

Dressed just like little england !

Dressed just like little Aussies, I reckon, with a couple of barefooted boys in the lineup ... and as an indicator of the egalitarian society Australia once was, one of the barefooted boys is placed in the front row. The movie poster is for a Paramount film 'Millions in the Air' released Dec 1935 ... and starring (would you believe it) John Howard ! No not that one ;-)