The Kray Twins are possibly the most notorious of London's gangster history. Operating from behind the cover of a scrap metal business they controlled a criminal empire involving protection racketeering and drug dealing. The term peaky blinder, adopted in the 1890s, was distinctive to Birmingham. Undeterred, 80 of his supporters broke into the castle at night and brought their leader safely back to Scotland. Bernard OMahoney has highlighted key figures from the days of the infamous Kray Twins in the swinging 60s, to the mean streets of modern-day Glasgow. These gangsters, often associated with organized crime families, were known for their illicit activities and exerted influence over various criminal enterprises. To get traffic moving on a new dual carriageway at Coventry Road, Yardley, sections of a pedestrian subway are being laid, 3rd October 1969. HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, during his visit to Birmingham to open the Bull Ring Shopping Centre on 29th May 1964. Route 216. Like most major cities, Glasgow has spawned its share of violent gangs over the years. Comers early life was marked by his familys efforts to assimilate into English society, changing their name from Comacho to Colmore and later to Comer. The completion of Cobden Bridge over the River Itchen at Southampton in 1883 almost immediately led to a series of pitched battles between the townies of Kingsland, Northam and St Denys, and those from the new estates across the river. In the 1960s, Fraser became associated with the Richardson Gang, a rival group to the infamous Kray twins, and was involved in setting up a fruit-machine enterprise that served as a front for their criminal activities. For the Birmingham Division, the most prominent investigation of the civil rights era involved the bombing of a church on a Sunday morning in 1963. He was also involved in a knife fight with another criminal over protection money. He said, Come here now. A hundred years ago this would have been unthinkable, as most drugs werent illegal and were readily available, but a series of laws have pushed the supply of recreational drugs off the counter and into the hands of racketeers. Thanks to the BBC series, Birminghams Peaky Blinders are now a household name but while the TV series is set in the years after the First World War, by that time the Peaky Blinders had been supplanted by another Birmingham gang. Don and Eddie heard whispers something big was going to happen, but no-one knew what it was.. Growing up in a Jewish ghetto street in Whitechapel, Comer joined gangs at a young age and gained a reputation as a street fighter. Comerfords death was followed by legal battles over seized assets, including 25,000 found at his home during his arrest in March 2003. 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He later became involved in the entertainment industry, working as a consultant on various films and TV shows related to crime and gangsters. Davis, 36 . He was a lifelong Irish Republican and anti-fascist, and actively participated in anti-National Front activities in the early 1980s and later with Anti-Fascist Action (AFA), which was formed in 1985. Hundreds of hidden Birmingham photos found - BBC News Football hooligan gangs of the 1970s and 1980s frequently had names. The two leaders of this gang were hauled before the courts, admitting to 'being drunk and disorderly' and damaging a glass panel on a menu holder. "Shot gang boss wanted robber dead". They used a scrap metal business and fruit machine company as fronts for a . Union Jack flying over Baskerville House, overlooking the Hall of Memory in Birmingham City Centre, August 1961. The author, 51, has written numerous previous books lifting the lid on his own experiences as a gangster during the 1990s ecstasy boom, including Essex Boys which was made into a film. They were on my turf, so my attitude was how could they think of taking me on in Birmingham? Chief Superintendent H Palmer with Chief Inspector A Darke, talks to some of the drivers who will man the six Land Rovers fitted with wireless and special equipment that will patrol the outer police divisions of Birmingham, in 1961. In 1326, they assassinated Roger de Beler, the right-hand man of the hated Hugh Despenser and four years later they kidnapped the judge sent to arrest them and held him to ransom. The officer, who was later involved in corruption surrounding the Serious Crime Squad, was one of the policemen who kept hitting the Cedar and Bermuda Clubs in the mid 1960s. 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