These video interviews with Sue Rosen were recorded in 1994 and 1995 with people who had grown up in Surry Hills, Darlinghurst and Paddington. While they talk of their childhood, they also talk about their parents' experiences - at work, in the community, encounters with the police and their social lives. The characters of the area are brought to life, Bea Miles, being only one of a number. There are accounts of the rich  street life, and the picture threatres, the pubs at closing time, the SP bookies. The interviews cover most of the twentieth century.

Associated with this project is the book We Never Had a Hotbed of Crime! Life in Twentieth Century South Sydney, which is also available for purchase as are biographies distilled from the interviews.