General News
1 December, 2022
Classic putt beer in fridge case
YOU CAN picture it now ... friends on the patio or out back in the man cave after a hot and dusty day on the tractor. Hearing stories that become more exaggerated as daylight descends into darkness. Perhaps helped along by your greatest acquisition -...
YOU CAN picture it now ... friends on the patio or out back in the man cave after a hot and dusty day on the tractor.
Hearing stories that become more exaggerated as daylight descends into darkness.
Perhaps helped along by your greatest acquisition - a rare and classic Warburton Franki beer fridge well stocked just in case visitors turn up unexpectedly.
The old fridge has helped Inglewood golfers celebrate triumph and others find consolation for decades.
But the golf club is now putting the classic Aussie showpiece up for sale and secretary David Vanston reckons it will make a great showpiece for the workshop, the patio or the man cave.
The six-compartment fridge with dark stained wooden doors made its way from the Empire State Hotel to the golf club when then publican Enzo Scafati began renovations in 1989.
“We needed a bigger fridge but I remember it kept bottles of Melbourne (Bitter) nice and icy cold. That’s all they drank in those days,” Enzo said of the fridge that he believes is about 80 years old.
“When we took over the hotel in 1988, there was an ice-maker on top that we used too.”
Warburton Franki operated across eastern Australia and from the 1920s imported and manufactured Frigidaire refrigerators.
David said the classic fridge was being sold complete with working compressor.
It’s probably the best trophy on offer at at the club this summer, but for a price, David said.
The club has now sold the fridge