by David Thompson
Port Melbourne entered 1924 with six fewer pubs than the previous year! [1]
A delicensing authority was established in 1906 leading to the closure of the Belfast Hotel, the Commercial Hotel, the Custom House Hotel, the Fire Brigade Hotel, the Lord Raglan Hotel, the New Great Britain Hotel, the Star Hotel and the Yacht Club Hotel in 1909;…
In the days before supermarkets and large shopping centres the people of Port Melbourne and other inner suburbs shopped every day at small local shops located cheek by jowl amongst their own houses.
One such shop was located on the corner of Esplanade East and Spring Street East.
PMHPS has a digital copy of a photograph album compiled…