The Ainslie Hotel changes its name again

keepitup said :

I must pre-date all of you. Back in the sixties the Hotel Ainslie-Rex was generally known as the ‘Dugout’ after the name of the saloon bar. Ahh the sixties – as I recall a middie cost 1/6, and was probably less in the public bar.

And what was the weekly wage?

I can see why the business owners are renaming the hotel, but the idea that Canberra Airport is something to keep up with strikes me as a little sad. I always thought that Olims sounded like a pissed Norse God.

keepitup said :

I must pre-date all of you. Back in the sixties the Hotel Ainslie-Rex was generally known as the ‘Dugout’ after the name of the saloon bar. Ahh the sixties – as I recall a middie cost 1/6, and was probably less in the public bar.

Well you probably do pre-date me, my drinking there dates from the early seventies, but the name Ainslie Rex was the “offical name from the sixties through 1989, and to this day I think if it by that name.

I must pre-date all of you. Back in the sixties the Hotel Ainslie-Rex was generally known as the ‘Dugout’ after the name of the saloon bar. Ahh the sixties – as I recall a middie cost 1/6, and was probably less in the public bar.

johnboy said :

their bar and beer garden is a pretty big business all of its own.

…and the bottle-o.

time_killer said :

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone call it The Ainslie Hotel. It has always just been Olims to me, and it will probably remian that way.
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Well it all depends on when you started drinking there. It was originally called Hotel Ainslie and then Spendlove’s Hotel, and then it was the Ainslie Rex from before I was born. It only changed to Olim’s recently (1989).

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone call it The Ainslie Hotel. It has always just been Olims to me, and it will probably remian that way.

It isn’t even in Ainslie.

their bar and beer garden is a pretty big business all of its own.

It might be easier for locals to just refer to “The Ainslie Hotel” rather than worrying what corporate flag is currently flying from the mast?

I would think the hotel is probably more concerned about its reputation and brand visibility among non-locals, seeing as how they’re the people most likely to be needing the services of a hotel.