28 July, 2015
Pina Deli - a community of food lovers
Pina Deli has been serving the cosmopolitan
community of Hamilton and beyond for 54 years. There have been eight different owners
of the business in that time, including two sets of sisters. The first five owners
were from the tightly knit Lettesi community, people who migrated in large
numbers from the war-devastated village of Lettopalena.
09 July, 2015
Northern Star Hotel
‘This must be the best position in
Hamilton,’ Des Ramplin observed to his wife Marie, as they were discussing the
prospect of buying the 110 year old Northern Star Hotel, in Hamilton.
It was 1986; interest rates were
affordable and the Ramplins were ready to take on another challenge.
21 June, 2015
Last days of the Newcastle trams
Hamilton has a
lively history as a transport hub. I am reminded of this when I drive past
Hamilton Station, ever since the heavy rail line was truncated there on Boxing
Day, 2014. Especially in peak hour, buses jostle for space along a cramped section
of the Islington end of Beaumont Street, often queuing back into Fern Street.
As the waiting buses belch fumes, passengers hurry from trains to their
connecting buses for the city.
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