‘This boy has been beaten by beasts’ are the first words in Krays: the Final Word, spoken by a Thames Court magistrate investigating the assault on a boy called Roy Harvey who was allegedly beaten with chains by the Kray Twins and their friend Patrick Aucott in Mare Street, Hackney.
Tabitha Potts reviews My Dad, the Guv’nor, Kelly McLean’s autobiography about growing up as the daughter of Lenny McLean, the
The Kray twins worked hard for their infamy. The East End gangsters were behind all manner of murder, armed robbery,
Flowery dress. Red toenails. Bleached blonde hair. Linda Calvey, 71, doesn’t exactly scream East London gangster when we meet on
The Double R Club was a notorious night-club on Bow Road named after and owned by the former gangsters, the
Freddie Foreman– also known as Brown Bread Fred– was an East London gangster who worked closely with the Kray twins