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Surry Hills’ notorious bloodhouse, the Sunbeam Hotel
The Sunbeam Hotel at the corner of Albion and Riley Streets, Surry Hills, September 1948. Picture: Ivan Ive, State Library of NSW. By MICK ROBERTS © ALTHOUGH today you would be hard pressed to believe it, prior to gentrification, Surry Hills was home to some of Sydney’s toughest pubs. The pubs of the inner-Sydney suburb…