![]() Hyde served his customers, amongst other things, Wild’s No3 Pale Ale, which was brewed at the local Collingwood brewery on the corner of Otter and Bedford Streets. The hotel soon became a well-known wayside stop for travellers on the track to the Plenty River. ![]() ![]() The license was finally granted on the 11th of May, after being postponed for fourteen days in order to allow him to finish building. Hyde, who was described as a highly respectable man, and an assessor to the Corporation (Melbourne City Council), applied for his publicans’ license in April 1853. The corner block, which he bought from Henry Arnold, cost him £5,500. By the end of 1853 Hyde had purchased three adjoining lots of land that together had a 135 foot frontage to Brunswick Street by 80 feet to Moor Street. There were stables at the rear of the building and on the same land, a detached timber and brick tenement of three rooms. During 1852-3 he erected bluestone premises on the Brunswick Street corner, consisting of eight rooms with room for a bar, plus a store-room and detached kitchen. ![]()
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