Handsome Steve’s House of Refreshment
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
The Age has reviewed a bar that I like, the Abbotsford Convent’s Handsome Steve’s House of Refreshment. I never seem to get there though. This could be the prompter.
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Whyte & Whitlock sell Terminus in favour of Yarra Glen Grand
Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Very sad news. The owners of The Terminus have sold, and have bought the Yarra Glen Grand from a guy who was born in it, and whose family has been running it for 77 years. Judging by the photo of the Grand, the pair must have grown up, and done well out of The Terminus [...]
Denton Mills business card of James Hobson Turner
Thursday, June 14th, 2007
Simon Turner, James Hobson Turner’s great great grandson, has sent me this scan of James’s business card showing what he describes as “the original factory” of Denton Mills. I’m not sure whether what is depicted is in Abbotsford or in Elizabeth St Melbourne. Simon tells me that:
‘It appears James helped establish his son Henry on [...]