One of the most feared men in the country was sent running by West Ham's notorious football hooligan firm during a boxing fight, a former gangster has claimed. Tracey had no qualms about keeping her father’s corpse in the house: “In the hospital he asked me to take him home, so what could I do?” All the same, Billy was going to have a less traditional send-off than his wife had. “He didn’t want horses,” said Mr Redwood, prompting a discussion of the dead Bullards’ marriage. “He loved her, but God she hated him,” said Tracey, laughing fondly.

Crime pays. And it really began paying out in the run-up to the millennium, as numerous old lags started getting their pensions topped up from the proceeds of true-crime merchandising. After decades of seeing their dark power half-inched by punks and football hooligans, former East End gentlemen were reclaiming their 'Sixties appeal as shotgun-toting clothes horses and pop culture icons - lending their mugs to photo shoots, magazine columns and bestselling autobiographies. And, of course, movies: for better or worse, the Britcrime genre was also reactivated in the 1990s, a mixed legacy the UK film industry still hasn't shaken off. A notorious Reading hooligan has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for threatening an assault victim with violence if he did not drop charges. Unsworth was the driving force behind it, Frain played a key role in it and Brunton had a lesser role involving not much more than the introduction of your co-defendants. In each episode, current and former gang members and active criminals are interviewed by presenter and former member of the Essex Boys gang, Bernard O'Mahoney. Many episodes concentrate on cities around the UK: London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham. Other episodes focus on how individuals became involved in crime and miscarriages of justice. Series 2, Ep 3, travels to Ireland. At Mr Redwood’s stately pace, the cortege turned onto Barking Road. It was the route Billy had taken almost every day for half a century—ending at Coral, a bookmaker, where the hearse stopped. The manager of the betting-shop stepped onto the pavement and, in a gesture that seemed to encapsulate the florid theatricality of the East End funeral, where Victorian music hall meets Catholic high Mass, she handed Tracey a single white rose.

As his neighbours moved to Essex, Mr Redwood’s calling maintained his prominence in an increasingly diffuse society. “This is what everyone knows me for,” he said. It helped that most self-respecting East Enders know Cribb’s. Founded in the late 19th century, it is one of the oldest and, after a decade of rapid growth, now the biggest of the family-owned undertakers that once stood on every East End high street. This platform has allowed Mr Redwood to develop some handy sidelines. Liverpool - Featuring interviews with Stephen "The Devil" French, Kevin Mooney, Nicola Regan, Graham "Boris" Boszomenyi, Brian Charrington Jnr. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld is a documentary series about UK gangsters or 'Faces'. Series 1 (6 episodes), Series2 (8 episodes) it based on the book Faces by Brian Anderson [1] Stephen ‘The Devil’ French, Gary Sandland, Boris Boszomenyi, Brian Charrington Jnr, Kevin Mooney, Nicola Regan

Andrew Frain, 41, known as “Nightmare”, became infamous in 2000 after being exposed as a Chelsea Headhunter – a notorious gang of football hooligans – in a BBC documentary by undercover journalist Donal MacIntyre.In fact I'm pretty sure they would have welcomed a set too with any firm and no doubt would have given them a hiding to boot.”

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Carry me home feet first

And the story about McLean and the famous actors apparently running for their lives was recently speculated about on Youtube channel The Enquirer 1.0. That is partly testament to the high quality of its service. The lads at Cribb’s are not angels; when church or crematorium doors close behind the last mourner, they slouch against the limousines, chatting and smoking. They are too hardened to be very curious about the deceased: “Who they were, how they died, I’m not interested in that,” Mr Cambridge said. Yet their respect for the bereaved is impressive and unfeigned. And sometimes it goes deeper. “When they bring children in, no one likes it,” said Mr Cambridge. While bringing a laden hearse through Lavender Hill Cemetery, in north London, one rainy afternoon, your correspondent noticed Mr Cambridge, at the wheel, quietly raise his peaked cap. Outside was a patch of tiny graves, decorated with penny windmills, strings of tinsel and sodden cuddly toys. Live by the Sword - Featuring interviews with Phil Berriman, Steve "Nipper" Ellis, Dominic Negan, William "Billy" Lobben,

The mourners then clambered aboard and the cortege set off at the 30-miles-per-hour speed limit. But it was not fast enough for a couple of bikers, who roared past on the inside. “Foreigners, probably,” muttered Paul Topp, an old-timer at Cribb’s, driving the lead limousine. “You’d not have seen that years ago. Everyone used to stop, bow their heads, take off their hats. There’s no respect now.” AN armed robber known as The Whale, he blamed his life of villainy on childhood abuse he suffered in Dublin care homes. Gantley turned his After several offers were refused Brunton, 56, introduced Unsworth to Frain, who was well known to police and had a fearsome reputation for violence. Some of the most infamous and influential names within these criminal circles appear on screen for the first time including Paul Ferris, Eddie Richardson, Dutch Raja and Arran Coghlan

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