The Imperial Hotel (est. 1890 on the site of the 1869 Court House Hotel which burnt down) will be the venue for the May meeting on Tuesday, 18th May. The meeting will commence at 5.30pm and Graham Wilson will present
‘Sharing memories of Bruyn’s Caledonian Hotel’.
Following the recent death of Lee Bruyn, the Society was given some memorabilia from the Caledonian (‘Bruyn’s’) Hotel. The Hotel was a popular meeting place for staff and students of the Teachers’ College and ACAE and it is hoped that those who shared social occasions at the ill-fated hotel will bring some of their memories to the meeting. ‘Bruyn’s’ was unceremoniously demolished to make way for the K-Mart complex in 1980, when not even the façade could be saved. The Bruyn family’s ‘Caledonian dynasty’ was gone after 57 years with the destruction of a pub which had served Armidale since 1881. All are Welcome.

The May newletter has information about the centenary of the Dangarsleigh War Memorial, the current displays at the Historical Society, and the lost pubs of Armidale.