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love youse all – the Old Colonial Inn has closed

20 June 2011

While walking past the Old Colonial Inn yesterday I noticed a lease default notice in the window and the pub was closed. More touching was the note stuck in the window from a friend. I was planning to try their $10 weekday lunch special one day…

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  1. vetti
    20 June 2011 at 6:57 pm

    Noooo! I’ve had many good times in the front bar and many restorative pub meals/gigs out the back…Missing you already TOC :(

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  2. Tim Chuma
    19 August 2011 at 12:31 pm

    Bugger! Was one of the first pubs I went to regularly in Melbourne to see GIT play their residency every Sunday in 2003.

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