The ghouls, ghosts and jack-o’-lanterns are out aplenty, huge spiders sit in elaborate cobwebs and severed plastic limbs dangle from gates and iron railings.

Welcome to Halloween on Renwick street in Drummoyne, a harbourside suburb in Sydney’s inner west where the 31 October event has grown so big it’s now sponsored by local businesses.

The commercial deals see sponsored “spooky homes” place A1 sized signs with business branding at the front of their properties. In return, the homes get a free stash of lollies for the thousands of keen trick or treaters.

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Children have been trick or treating on Renwick street for about 15 years, says Natalie Thornhill, who lives on the road with her husband, James, and daughter Evie, 10. Thornhill is the organiser of th

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