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The Gangs of Birmingham 3. Philip Gooderson presents an in-depth history of the violent street gangs of Victorian Birmingham. Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Gangs of Birmingham , please sign up. Be the first to ask a question about The Gangs of Birmingham.
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View all 4 comments. Jan 08, Gary rated it it was ok. This book was an absolute struggle to get thru. Just the fact that it wasn't done chronologically, he kept jumping back and forth thru the decades describing hundreds of incidents read from the papers was hard to follow, and extremely boring! I gave it two stars only because of the fact that it gave me a picture of the cities mentioned, and the living conditions of the period. Nick rated it did not like it Jun 23, Tina Mueller Griffiths rated it really liked it May 17, Steve Downes rated it it was amazing Feb 13, Craig Reading rated it liked it Jul 30, Mike rated it liked it Sep 06, Glenn rated it it was ok Jan 16, Dennyboy rated it it was ok Nov 08, Angela rated it really liked it Jul 23, See if you have enough points for this item.
In the early s, the boomtown of Birmingham erupted in a series of vicious gang wars. Mobs of youths armed with stones, knives and belt buckles fought pitched battles in a struggle for territorial supremacy.
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Known as "sloggers", they drew their numbers from the workshops and factories that made guns, nails and jewellery, and lived cheek-by-jowl in overcrowded, insanitary slums. Author Philip Gooderson traces the history of these warring factions from their first appearance in the Cheapside area to the later rise of the "peaky blinders", new gangs named for their peaked caps and long fringes. He describes for the first time the brutal antics of once-infamous fighters such as the Simpson and Harper brothers and the police killer George "Cloggy" Williams, and explains the eventual demise of the gangs at the turn of the century.
The Gangs of Birmingham brings to vivid life a forgotten chapter in the history of British gangland.
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