The Krays!

[TWR]

According to the daily papers London is fast becoming a Gang land city, correct me if I'm wrong here, when Ronnie / Reggie were on the scene they sorted the scum out, would you agree that they would have sorted these so-called gangsters out?

[naomi24]

Zac, //Just a personal observation Naomi.//

Well, it's an extremely poor one, and one that you need to re-think. I haven't claimed to 'move' in such circles.

[New Judge]

It was a joke, Zac !!!! You must remember jokes.

If you want to be serious, I can't imagine the Krays and their team being too interested in my plight.

Anyway, I'm going to bed !!!!!

[Zacs-Master]

I never said YOU did Naomi.

NJ - OK.

[starone]

I have read this thread with great interest. I have read lots of books written by ex-convicts and others who knew the Krays intimately and always wondered what it was really like. I like the idea of being protected though as I am old and of the female persuasion. Bet you didn't see pictures of poor old ladies with their faces full of bruises after having been beaten up for a few pounds in those days.

[naomi24]

Zac, do you actually know what you're talking about?

No, don't answer that. I think NJ has the best idea. I'm going to bed too.

Night all. x

[Zacs-Master]

Very condescending Naomi. Hope you sleep well. X

[ummmm]

Night Naomi and NJ...

Zac, you're being a needless pleb. It reads like you're poking for a fight.

[Zacs-Master]

Nope, just expressing an opinion without being needlessly offensive.

[paddywak]

Though I was living at the time of the Krays I had no personal experience of them like some posters, but from what I've learnt through books ,TV programs etc and I'm afraid that I got the impression that while the might of loved their mother and "protected" their own they did it for their own purpose and god help anybody who got in their way. In short they were just like any other gang no matter what race or religion or were they were based they were in it for what they could get and F**K
everybody else

[ummmm]

Okay Zak :-)

There is no comparisons with todays gangs. Today's gangs might want to be like them...but it'll never happen again.

[FredPuli43]

With any luck, one of the present gangs wiill become top gang in a area, like the Krays, the Richardsons, and going back, Jack Spot and his cronies, and then all will be sweetness and light, all locals sleep sweetly in their beds, and no old ladies will be mugged on their patch.
That's the logical conclusion , based on the premiss of the OP, isn't it? Or have I missed something ? Just don't call any Mr Big 'a fat poof' or you may end up dead in a pub toilet .
Gangsters liked to keep local petty criminals in order. The last thing they wanted was imore police snooping round their territory. And, as a bonus, it kept other locals happy and reluctant to say anything about them. Good PR, see?

[rozia]

were the krays racist?

[TWR]

They had no need to be racist Rozia.

[Dee Sa]

please dont glorify the Krays I knew them, my friend was married to one, and they were scum, please believe me. I was at Leigh on Sea one day by the tiny beach there and this guy stripped off and he had "the twins" image tattoed all over his back and I was physically sick in the street.

[mushroom25]

the sort of criminal empire operated by the krays is not exclusively of the past - google "Colin Gunn" to find a modern equivalent.