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The Krays came to Liverpool as well. When they got off at Lime Street station they were met by Ken Dodd, Cilla Black and Ringo Star. Ken tickled Ronnie’s bottom with his tickle stick and Ringo whacked Reggie over the head with his drum stick. Despite Ronnie usually liking a bit of bum tickling, he and Reggie both got the first train back to London, never to return.

my father was a similar man to these guy's back in the day in Scotland and the stories i've been told are horrendous. but the same thing happens they all end up old men that looked like bullies and nothing to be proud of.

When I hear these people speak so proudly about "Being Violent all my life". My only hope is that someone gives them the same level of treatment or even worse than that which they have dished out over the years. I really hope that old saying of "There's always someone younger, bigger and harder" is very very true. Only thing worse that a bully is a proud bully.

Many people who do long stretches in jail come out with the same mental age as they went in. Some have not progressed past “who is the hardest” in the school playground and spend their lives being controlled by people who are not hard at all.

I met someone on holiday in Corfu once whose hairdresser in Grimsby had a cousin whose next-door neighbour once met a man in Spain who claimed to be part of the Quality Street. He was known as 'the Round Chewy Toffee' and was a legend.

The way you keep the delivery so sharp is really impressive, massively inspiring for us new true crime channels to keep growing, massively hats off to you, love your work and thanks for the quality content!

This is one of my favorite videos so far!👏🏻👍🏻🥋

Funny thing is most of these ‘gangsters’ end up as sad old men

Where are the rollers, the yachts? These guys haven't got a skateboard or a rubber dingy between them

Looks like they've had their fair share of Quality Street.

Great documentary bernard 👏

Nice job Bernie. ty 4 vid

love the comments , GOOD MEN are doctors ,nurses that save lives , soldiers that are so brave to do as they do , not people that terrorize people kill people , mame people for money gain . Get a grip on reality but you won't ever so lost in your own self portail of your self . It's totally sad to watch people like this to think of them selves as such as they portray but shows them 100%

Shaun Ryder's let himself go.

Great video 🍿

Great subject. I like your channel.

I lived in 6 different cities throughout the UK during my life. In every city I've heard the claim that 'the Krays were ran out of...' As with the vast majority of stories relating to crime, the stories were lies.

Fear and "respect" are not the same thing.

They are two primary chioces in life===To accept conditions as they exist, or to accept the responsibility for changing them🥺🥺❤️

The Greatness of a Person and success of a person, can be measured, by the positive influence they have on those around them . Quote ' Bob Marley '

No mention of the beef they had with roses? And no mention of how the miniature heroes and celebrations took over their turf years later!!

“ never took a penny of a working man” no you just nicked the wages he needed to feed his family

They work for Richardson gang in London in 60s They had a club in CATFORD Mr smith's

Good story well made video 👌🏻

It’s the ones you never hear about who are the best.

The second I hear B O M's voice I reach for a shovel full of salt........ "Gangsters, or faces as they prefer to be known " mmmm who conducted that poll ? Mori ? You Gov ? blah blah fecking blah.....

Thank you my sister and I had hell living in Clayton with the mods and skinheads my grandad Louie worked at Smithfield Market and the QSG sorted it.💙💙💙

Word has it the Quality street gang were in Fear of the Roses gang especially once they started moving to cardboard packaging 📦

Nothing to be proud of and only good in a gang . Jimmy the weed is a legend in his own mind. He has done really well in life a council house in whythenshawe

Same happened when they came to Newcastle and the Conroys sent them packing. Krays are massively overhyped because theyre London based and we live in a London centric country.

Every town has a myth about how the local hard man sent the Krays packing when they got off the train, even Reggie laughed about it and said they never ever travelled by train. The other myth every town has is that their local council estate is the biggest in Europe.

Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

don't matter HOW TOUGH YOU ARE there is always someone round the corner to get you.

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"

They didn't see the krays off as such,the krays came to Manchester and left because the police was monitoring their every move.

John Stalker was an honourable and effective police officer who got too close to the truth and surprise,surprise he was fitted up and destroyed by higher ups who had lots to hide.

Every town and city in the uk someone met the Krays off the train and *sent them packing*

It’s no life , a Bronx tale sums it up . A real man works for a living and fights capital and the bosses .

When i used to go to the twisted wheel only a few years ago 2016 ish we where in Monroes Pub near the railway station ,when a local Manchester old guy pointed out some smart old ladies that he said where the wife's of the Quality street gang ..

“gangsters” from Every major city claim to have sent the Krays packing 😂

Although I was only a kid at the time the pub on our estate was run by a qsg member, there was never any mither and he organised lots of social events including a fundraising football match in aid of Aberfan. Later on I worked for a few of the lads, I was never short of work and always paid extra at Christmas, I was part of a core of tradesmen and we all worked well together I can only say all the people I worked for were honorable and served the local community well.

The Whalley Range was never a hotel, it was actually called The Clifton Grange, it was a "digs" for entertainers during the sixties. Phyllis was the landlady and owner, with partner Dennis. There was a bar in the digs where entertainers unwound after shows in Manchester clubs. This covered the period 1964 to 1969, and never saw much gangster activity though Phyllis was obviously well connected with the underworld, but in what capacity, who knows. Phil was around, but a very young lad at the time who lived primarily in Ireland and came over for visits.

The first guy lol bit the guys knees. Top man couldn’t look down on anybody. Quality street yeah the soft centre 🍬🍬🍬🍬

Krays were never sent packing. Not in Manchester Liverpool Newcastle or anywhere. All local myths.

These guys turned Goldilocks away from the 3 Bears House, plenty of claret spilt but not one spoon of porridge dropped, man that was a heavy day with plenty of shit in the woods, it was like NAM back there man 😂.

I remember the Salford riots, i was living in Little Hulton at the time.

Was the Don Tony they talk of, the one Peter Kay played in 24 Hour Party People?

Every Xmas at our house turf war always breaks out between the quality street gang and the celebrations gang very messy naughty naughty stuff the purple quality street is a proper top boy nutter

Fear is never respect.

I remember that incident with the apples

Was the comments section uploaded one month ago also 🤔 I ask as it's helping someone get through the pandemic ....

I lived in Manchester in the late 80s , it was the most violent place I have ever lived. Horrible era of my life. I have no time for bigging up these people

At 16.02 did anyone else recognise Peter Fury . Boxing trainer and Tyson Furys uncle ?

Well, he got in the same ring as Fulgencio Obelmejias, but the ref stopped the fight after 190 seconds...

Kens a 🐐 we need another ken

Wheres does it mention the krays being sent packin

Ah, the colorful characters with their often embellished stories. Wound up windbags. Cheers!🥂

Paul Massey, interviewed here, blue jacket, was shot dead by Mark Fellows in 2015 after Massey allegedly put a failed hit on Fellows.

Peter Kay played Don Toney in 24 hour party people lol its got to be the same bloke.

When you live by the sword you live with the feeling of cold steel on your neck

To my understanding Jimmy The Weed was named that because he sold cannabis and it was frowned upon by the original members of the QSG. It was used in a disparaging way. Drugging up the children of the families they knew in the areas they lived in wasn’t a way they were going to make money. A good portion of the money that the members of the QSG got through criminal activity was funnelled into legitimate businesses (granted not always run in a legitimate manner). Some lost money and run business into the ground. Some died wealthy as respectable hoteliers and boxing promoters.

My old man in the picture at the start 👍🏻

8:17 his knackers look sore af! 😏

My Grandad knew the Krays but they didn't give him any grief. He was known as The Butcher of Walthamstow....true story, he worked in a butchers, in Walthamstow. 😉😉

Classic old drunk in the pub who no one believes vibes

My god I nearly brought the whalley pub!!

Jimmy the weed reminds me of the penguin in Batman 😂

Gangsters bully's more like, our Jimmy don't seem to be living the life of luxury does he

When living in Manchester in Oldham prior to moving to Ashton under Lynn , I only heard more about this gang who frequently was seen in local pubs . I always held duel citizenship , American / British since birth attending schools in both countries. I was warned to stay away from them and for the most part i did. I ended fighting two who attacked my girlfriend after coming back from my deployment first and after that, they no longer messed with the family thankfully. All they have is more of a thug reputation then anything.

My dad use to be a driver for these lads he told me he took them from a put to a club one night and got a grand in cash and I remember as a kid he told my mum it was more money than he earned in a year.

Every provincial city in England has got some myth about sending the Krays packing.

Every gangsta gets old..🤘

I can't help but think they weren't successful at all. Being in trouble and locked away aged 12 - being locked up becoming a constant event. To me that means failure because they were caught.

I heard the Green Triangle was the one you didn't mess with!..Him and the Caramel Centre would come round and kick your head in....lol!.

Im from the south, im from a irish fam, after leaving prison i moved to Machester (Collyhurst, Monsall to be exact) to my dads and the rest of my dads fam, got my own place & ened living there for 16 yrs. In all that time the older ones had nothing but good things to say about them, When people talked about Cheatham Hill or Moss side it was out of fear

You only hear about these guys because they were the ones who got caught...not very bright. The real villains keep a low profile.

There’s nothing like a video with Manchester in its title to bring the scouse chip 🍟 out.

How about the Futerells and Asonis at the battle of snow hill station in Birmingham

the qualuty street gang turned into the no work crew in the early 2000s. but once the bradford road area was re-deveoped. it all eneded.

Apparently Sheffield's underworld did the same in the sixties

Ive met em and locked some of em up. No more a gang than im a dutchman. Ive been to compton in LA they would have em for dinner !!

Habitual lying throughout. And it blows my mind how in the same sentence he can say “we weren’t feared, we were loved” and “everyone knew if they crossed us, they would get hurt”. Wow gee I wonder why you got free dinners

They were renound as being particularly aggressive at Christmas time

holy shit i have the exact same brass duck head cane topper right now in my house here in canada ......... love from hamilton ontario canada

I love Quality Street, they’re my favourite chocolates 🍫👍

Barker what a character! I was the same. Fair play to him good man.

That guy talking around 24 mins in is as camp as a row of pink tents.

They did not throw Kays out out of Mamchester..Club owner Paddy Mcgrath and Owen Radclff..Had club London Mr Smiths.

The Krays were really only big in the East End of London and didn't really try and control other areas outside of London so I doubt this ever happened. Cant imagine them going a train either. An urban myth like the so called QSG of the 60s who never had a serious criminal conviction amongst them.

When the Krays came to Newquay, Cornwall back in the day, my uncle and his mates gave em a proper hiding and sent em crawling back to London

I thought Ronnie Pickering would be starring in this video.

The Krays got chased out of Liverpool in 1966

I preferred Cadbury`s Roses

I get the feeling Ken Keating was into magic, some kind of wizard or something

I remember many years ago i went to a meeting. Never told ! But l kinda knew Old Boys dressed immaculate !!! In Stockport Hotel I ate all the Samosas It didn't go down well with the big man 😕

Proud to be a criminal.wow you should be proud . Maybe one day someone you love or care about gets hurt then you can be really happy.

No hard drugs in those days he says. Then he says if someone was selling hard drugs they had a talking to. So which is it??

I used to go in the Shabines on Moss side, that beer was expensive.

No documentary about the adams brothers not even by the main media

No trouble.. there was no trouble.. 🙄 1min before his scruffy lookin brother is saying he’s been involved in all sorts.. honestly, why these guys think they’re good people is beyond me..