How did the six o'clock swill affect how people socialised?. An industry closing or arriving? Changes in gambling laws? The motor car? A change in Publican? Why were Pubs built or moved to where they now are? The ladies arriving at the bar? Find out here.

Glenn's exploration across Oz reads like great fun. His research and conversations with Publicans along the way, put to paper in Fall of the Bar, makes a fascinating road diary full of snapshots through time of the aussie relationship with their Local.

A good read. Recommended.

John Hatwell
Gdaypubs.com.au

This is a marvellous book, not just for those with a nostalgia for working men’s pubs but for those with a love of regional and local history.

We are treated to far more than a popular history of a dozen or so working men’s pubs around NSW. We encounter in the pages of this book an absolutely fascinating insight into the life and times of the various places where these pubs are located.

The chapter on Newcastle’s working men’s pubs in the west end of the city opens wide a window on our city’s past. The Bellevue Hotel, the historic Star Hotel and the Empire are discussed, with copious illustrations. This chapter is fascinating, even for a non-drinking historian like this reviewer. This book is a credit to its author and deserves to be widely distributed and read.

Paul Kraus

I would just like to say I thoroughly enjoyed your book Fall Of The Bar. It's a shame these old pubs are getting knocked down, as a lot of these pubs have so much history about them. As a former Sydney-sider, at the time I didn't appreciate those old pubs, (mainly because I wasn't old enough to drink), but as I am now old enough to drink, and every time I head to Sydney, I try to visit a lot of old pubs as I can. My favorite chapter in the book is your first chapter about white bay hotel, and your 'mini' pub crawl through Balmain.

I was wondering, do you plan to write another book, or similar, about more old pubs in the Sydney region?

Grant Robinson
Burleigh Waters Queensland

Note from the author: Thanks Grant for your remarks. At this stage, there are no concrete plans on another book, but I am still collecting information, taking pub photos and hanging around dingy bars that are often devoid of modernization, natural light and patrons – so never say never. GPR February 2009.