“A HONEYMOON INN”

Shannon News, 15 May 1928, Page 1

“A HONEYMOON INN”

PASSING OF OLD HOSTELRY. SYDNEY, April 20. There have been several paragraphs in the newspapers about the passing, before very long of what is claimed to be the oldest and most romantic hostelry in Australia. One of the landmarks of the Historic Richmond district in New South Wales, it was licensed in 1819 as the Black Horse Hotel, but was known more popularly as "Honeymoon Inn.” The hostess of other days used to tell with pride of how she made more than 300 couples happy under her roof. That was in the days of old-fashion-ed weddings, when couples used to drive up to the inn in a well-appoint-ed four-in-hand, with postilions bedecked with ribbons. The dear old lady, in bl&ck silk gown and white lace cap, mothered so many on the first stage of their matrimonial journey, has long gone to hor rest., Now the doors of the old inn are to be closed, but memory of it is not to be completely effaced, for the doors of the bridal room are to bo incorporated