Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:09 am Posts: 4648
City or Town: Lake Munmorah State: NSW
I'm delighted to finally hear from our Mate, Henry Schubert, who (whilst he may not make it to The Frisco on Friday arvo,) has confirmed that he is a definite starter for the Rocks Run on Saturday...
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The following are the Attendees, in the order of announcing their commitment to join us for The 2017 (15th) Annual RAN Skilled Hands Sydney Rocks Xmas Pub Crawl Smokey
Attending(Confirmed): Rick 'Tricky' Pengilly Mike 'Pony' Moore Mick 'Mick H.' Hamilton Brian 'Stroppy' Mackenzie Verna 'Toots' Mackenzie Col 'Pussasan' Kelson Mark 'Mobes' Mobley Trevor 'Honest Tad' Davies Graeme 'Smiley' Rhodes John 'Viv' McLeod Neil 'Watto' Watson Dave 'Bunny' Warren Brian 'Charlie' Staples Doug 'Gangas' Green Brenda 'Mrs Gangas' Green Bob 'Tafmo' King Rhonda 'Patience' King Henry 'Shoobs' Schubert
Pending(in order of posting): Peter 'PW' Weyling(Declined...) David 'Dave' Maxwell(Not heard back from...)
Maybe(expression of interest): Bruce 'Slops' Sloper(Declined - Maybe next year...) Wal 'Midge' Midgley(Declined - Maybe next year...) Wayne 'Buck' Rogers(Not heard back from...)
Regulars(Not yet heard from): Steve 'Shep' Shepherd Howard 'Hendo' Henderson Gordon 'Gordo' Robertson Sandra 'Sandy' Robertson
Unable to Attend: John 'Ned' Kelly Ellen 'Babe' Kelly Chris 'SeeJay' O'Keefe
This afternoon, I rang The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel and confirmed a lunch reservation for 18 for 1300, still somewhat shy of the ideal threshold numbers desired, but we're getting there... I'd already made a tentative booking for 20 for 0930 at 'City Extra' (Circular Quay) for Breakfast
Anyway, Folks, it'd still be nice to see some more names on the list...!
The Lord is Sydney’s oldest continually licensed hotel still trading within its original fabric.
On 29th June 1831 a man named Richard Phillips obtained a liquor licence for the Shipwright Arms on the north-east corner of Kent and Argyle streets. The next year, because of the support of the seafarers and the workers on Observatory Hill, he changed the name to The Sailor's Return. In 1838 Phillips sold to a plasterer, William Wells, who lived on the opposite corner in a two - storey colonial home he built in 1836 using sandstone blocks quarried from the area at the base of Observatory Hill. Wells continued to operate the pub opposite his home firstly as the Sailors Return, and in 1840 as the Quarryman's Arms.
In 1841 he sold The Quarrymans Arms and on 1st May 1841 he obtained a liquor licence for his home, which he had been slowly converting to a Hotel since March 1840. He called the hotel The Lord Nelson. The Wells family operated the pub for the next 30 years and the property stayed in family ownership for a further 18.
A photograph of the hotel taken in 1852, during the tenure of the Wells family, was used to complete a restoration of the building to its former grandeur in 1986. The Brewery was then added (including the addition of the word Brewery to the façade) and a significant upgrade to the Accommodation was undertaken in the 1990’s, giving us the pub as it is today.
Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:09 am Posts: 4648
City or Town: Lake Munmorah State: NSW
Pony wrote:
Peter Weyling wrote:
Just booked a week in Stannum House in Tenterfield next month. Located in Tenterfield, the historic Stannum House offers private rooms featuring antique furnishings and a marble fireplace. Doing the Tenterfield/Stanthorpe area looking for fine wines and objet d'art plus some good country tucker. Check out Stannum House. Wonderful old building and an excellent reminder of our historical past. Will spend some time trekking around Bald Rock Walking Track and Boonoo Boonoo National Park. Aaaah ...........physical exercise, mental exercise, sexual exercise, history, wine, good tucker..... ....and did I mention the sexual exercise????
What a great country this is!!!!
So not joining us at the Rocks PW?
Peter Weyling wrote:
I will be a no show Pony...... been made a better offer. I'm sure it will be as enjoyable as any other time. Tafmo will be there to provide the giggles, amusement and laughs. Pussa will be there to provide police back-up in case of..........anything. And of course the usual suspects will be there to add to the merriment. Some-one else will need to purchase the red wine Friday night.......
Peter Weyling wrote:
Having One-pan Chicken and Prosciutto with Tomatoes, Basil and Mozarella tonight. I'm going to couple it (settle Tafmo, settle ......no mention of sheep) with a SA Return of the Living Red a mix of Cab-Sav and Touriga. Found it today as I cleaned out my Chiffonier ...I reckon it has been hiding in there for at least 7 years. But I will have a cheeky young Chianti on standby.........just in case!! Ciao babe!!!
Try not to be too disappointed, Pony, whilst I realise that PW will be conspicuous by his absence, I figure if I fork out for a bottle of red, and in a loud raucous voice, boast about my cooking expertise and my seemingly endless physical conquests, from EBC and Kilimanjaro to multiple, simultaneous, gratuitous, unwitting sexual partners, all up and down the eastern seaboard you won’t even notice he’s not there…!!!
Joined: Mon Nov 10, 2003 11:02 am Posts: 145
City or Town: Herne Hill State: W.A.
Due to unforeseen circumstances I will have to pull the plug on this years Rocks Run I do hope to you who are attending have a memorial weekend and scare don't scare the Rockites to much
_________________ Trevor A Davies
R43007
Ex CPOETW3
18th Mobi Intake Jan 65
10th Jan 65 to Jan 77
Nirimba, Sydney, Vendetta, Melbourne, Waterhen, Cairns, Stalwart.
Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:09 am Posts: 4648
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Whilst I congratulate Trevor on his company's successful merger, I'm also saddened that Bovell’s recent acquisition has effectively 'taken out' our Western Australian Contingent...
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So now, the following fifteen Attendees, in the order of announcing their commitment, will meet for The 2017 (15th) Annual RAN Skilled Hands Sydney Rocks Xmas Pub Crawl Smokey...
Attending(Confirmed): Rick 'Tricky' Pengilly Mike 'Pony' Moore Mick 'Mick H.' Hamilton Brian 'Stroppy' Mackenzie Verna 'Toots' Mackenzie Col 'Pussasan' Kelson Mark 'Mobes' Mobley Neil 'Watto' Watson Dave 'Bunny' Warren Brian 'Charlie' Staples Doug 'Gangas' Green Brenda 'Mrs Gangas' Green Bob 'Tafmo' King Rhonda 'Patience' King Henry 'Shoobs' Schubert
Pending(expression of interest): Henry 'Shoobs' Schubert's Son(Awaiting a decision...) David 'Dave' Maxwell(Not heard back from...) Wayne 'Buck' Rogers(Not heard back from...) Greg 'Chippy' Whitbread(Yet to hear back from...)
Regulars(Not yet heard from): Howard 'Hendo' Henderson Gordon 'Gordo' Robertson Sandra 'Sandy' Robertson
Declined: Bruce 'Slops' Sloper(Declined - Maybe next year...) Wal 'Midge' Midgley(Declined - Maybe next year...) Peter 'PW' Weyling(Declined...)
Unable to Attend: John 'Ned' Kelly Ellen 'Babe' Kelly Chris 'SeeJay' O'Keefe Trevor 'Honest Tad' Davies Graeme 'Smiley' Rhodes John 'Viv' McLeod Steve 'Shep' Shepherd
I'll leave The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel confirmed lunch reservation as it stands at 18 for 1300, while still somewhat shy of the ideal threshold numbers desired, there are still a few 'Pending'... I'll also keep the tentative booking for 20 for 0930 at 'City Extra' (Circular Quay) for Breakfast
Anyway, Folks, it'd still be nice to see some more names on the list...!
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starter for the Rocks 
Run on Saturday... 
The following are the Attendees, 
in the order of announcing their commitment to join us for
The 2017 (15th) Annual RAN Skilled Hands Sydney Rocks Xmas Pub Crawl Smokey 
Rick 'Tricky' Pengilly
Peter 'PW' Weyling (Declined...)
David 'Dave' Maxwell (Not heard back from...)
Steve 'Shep' Shepherd
Anyway, Folks, it'd still be nice to see some more names on the list...! 
and objet d'art plus some good country tucker. 
What a great country this is!!!! 
I figure if I fork out 
for a bottle of red, 
loud raucous voice, 
and my seemingly endless physical 
conquests, from EBC and Kilimanjaro 
all up and down the eastern seaboard 
won’t even notice he’s not there…!!! 
