Dear John, If you spend a bit of time looking at the Sands Directory you will find it mentioned there probably year after year until demolition. Some entries have the name of the publican. Just not sure what year the Sands started to included Newcastle entries. Every Liquor License has to be renewed Annually. They are mentioned in the Government Gazette, about August, each year in the Licensing District, and this would be the Hunter District. State Records would have the butts of the license with some details on it. Sincerely, Bill > Not sure ? if you have seen this snippet on the www, or if it helps ? > > The long-gone City Arms Hotel stood on the eastern corner of Hunter and > Market streets from 1870. > It was a popular rendezvous for the sporting fraternity and was rebuilt in > 1905 as the Central Hotel. > It later became the Hotel Hunter and is today unrecognisable in the Hunter > Street Mall. > Part of it is now occupied by the Sanity record store opposite Market > Square. > > taken from > http://www.hotelsnewcastle.com.au/hotels-newcastle-articles/2006/9/16/all-over-bar-the-shouting/ > [1996] > > > A partial phot (on Flickr) > http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/3271386590/ > > > > Diane > Hills District > Nth West Sydney > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "John Bird" <johnkb13@hotmail.com> > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 9:53 AM > To: <aus-nsw-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [HV] Walmsley family > >> Hi >> I would like to find out more about Joseph Walmsley and the City Arms >> Hotel Newcastle. He was the who was proprietor of the hotel in the >> 1870s. >> Any information would be greatly appreciated. >> regards >> John > > > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-HUNTER-VALLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Bill Thank you for your response. My enquiry relates to my great grandfather Albert Edward Bird who was brought to Australian to run professionally in 1869 , promoted as Long Distance Champion of England. He competed at Newcastle and in December 1870 married Alice Walmsley who was a daughter of the initial proprietor of the City Arms Joseph Walmsley. I was thinking they may have met at the Hotel. That it was a rendezvous for sporting fraternity strengthens that view. regards John : oldboybill@westnet.com.au > To: aus-nsw-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 21:09:25 +1000 > Subject: Re: [HV] Walmsley family / City Arms Hotel > > Dear John, > > If you spend a bit of time looking at the Sands Directory you will find it > mentioned there probably year after year until demolition. Some entries have > the name of the publican. Just not sure what year the Sands started to > included Newcastle entries. > > Every Liquor License has to be renewed Annually. They are mentioned in the > Government Gazette, about August, each year in the Licensing District, and > this would be the Hunter District. State Records would have the butts of the > license with some details on it. > > Sincerely, Bill > > > Not sure ? if you have seen this snippet on the www, or if it helps ? > > > > The long-gone City Arms Hotel stood on the eastern corner of Hunter and > > Market streets from 1870. > > It was a popular rendezvous for the sporting fraternity and was rebuilt in > > 1905 as the Central Hotel. > > It later became the Hotel Hunter and is today unrecognisable in the Hunter > > Street Mall. > > Part of it is now occupied by the Sanity record store opposite Market > > Square. > > > > taken from > > http://www.hotelsnewcastle.com.au/hotels-newcastle-articles/2006/9/16/all-over-bar-the-shouting/ > > [1996] > > > > > > A partial phot (on Flickr) > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/3271386590/ > > > > > > > > Diane > > Hills District > > Nth West Sydney > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: "John Bird" <johnkb13@hotmail.com> > > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 9:53 AM > > To: <aus-nsw-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com> > > Subject: [HV] Walmsley family > > > >> Hi > >> I would like to find out more about Joseph Walmsley and the City Arms > >> Hotel Newcastle. He was the who was proprietor of the hotel in the > >> 1870s. > >> Any information would be greatly appreciated. > >> regards > >> John > > > > > > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > > reply...... Thank you! > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > AUS-NSW-HUNTER-VALLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-NSW-HUNTER-VALLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message