If moments of loss help shape a person's life, perhaps lost buildings reveal something about a city and in Sydney the loss of pubs may speak volumes.

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A Metropolitan Fire Board map from 1910 recently displayed by The Historic Houses Trust at the Justice and Police Museum shows an area of Sydney in which there were 160 pubs where there are fewer than 40 today.

The six o'clock swill, sly groggers, SP bookmakers, and prostitutes of the turn of the century mean the culture of drinking establishments in those days won't be missed, but the classic buildings might be.

However, we can help document some of the amazing architecture and many historic pubs live on in memories.

If you have recollections of these pubs or others that have disappeared from the Sydney landscape, we'd love to hear them via email or on our Facebook page.

Otherwise, enjoy some of Sydney's history through 10 of its abandoned public houses...