Thanks everyone for all your replies. Lorna > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Perrett > Sent: Tuesday, 21 October 2008 4:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AUS-MELBOURNE] Coffee Palace > > On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:30:54 +1100, B & L Jones wrote: > > >On a 1918 wedding registration 'Coffee Palace Melbourne' was > given as the > >place of residence. Can anyone tell me where and what this > place was? > > Coffee Palaces were places for teetotallers to stay, the Melbourne > Coffee Palace was in Bourke Street, in the vicinity of Russell Street, > it was still extant in the 1940s but down market by then. > > > Cheers, > > Tom <[email protected]> Tom Perrett >