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Kray twins

Index Kray twins

Ronald "Ronnie" Kray (24 October 193317 March 1995) and Reginald "Reggie" Kray (24 October 19331 October 2000), identical twin brothers, were English criminals, the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in the East End of London during the 1950s and 1960s. [1]

182 relations: A Way of Life: Over Thirty Years of Blood, Sweat and Tears, Alexei Sayle, Alexei Sayle's Stuff, Amateur boxing, American Mafia, Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman, Arson, Barbara Windsor, BBC News, Berkshire, Bethnal Green, Blackwall Tunnel, Bladder cancer, Blur (band), Bob Hoskins, Born again, Born Fighter, Brian Hall (actor), Brick Lane, Broadmoor Hospital, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), Canterbury, Carnaby Street, Catford, Channel 4, Charles George Gordon, Charmless Man, Chingford Mount, Chingford Mount Cemetery, Cigarillo, Cocaine, Colorado, Conscription in the United Kingdom, Conservative Party (UK), Convict, Court-martial, Crime Library, Crowthorne, Danny Dyer, David Bailey, Desertion, Diana Dors, Didn't You Kill My Brother?, Diphtheria, Drunk History (UK TV series), Dusty Hughes (playwright), East End of London, East Ham, East London, English Channel, ..., Esmeralda's Barn, Frank Mitchell (prisoner), Frank Sinatra, Frankie Fraser, Freddie Foreman, Freedom of information, Gary Kemp, General election, George Cornell, George Raft, Glasgow, Harold Wilson, HM Prison Brixton, HM Prison Dartmoor, HM Prison Maidstone, HM Prison Shepton Mallet, HM Prison Wandsworth, HM Prison Wayland, Home Counties Brigade, Home Secretary, Homosexuality, House of Commons, Hoxton, Idles (band), Inspector, Jack McVitie, Jack Straw, Jaguar Mark X, James Fox, Jeremy Clarkson, John Pearson (author), John Platts-Mills, Judy Garland, Kent, Kevin Coyne, Knightsbridge, Kray twins, Labour Party (UK), Legend (2015 film), Lethal Bizzle, Life imprisonment, Liverpool, London, Lord, Martin Kemp, Melford Stevenson, Member of parliament, Metropolitan Police Service, Mile End, Military discharge, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Morrissey, Murder, Murder Investigation Team, My Story (Kray book), Myocardial infarction, Newhaven, East Sussex, Nightclub, Nipper Read, Norfolk, Norwich, Old Bailey, Organized crime, Our Story (book), Paranoid schizophrenia, Pejorative, Performance (film), Peter Rachman, Piranha Brothers, Prisoner security categories in the United Kingdom, Protection racket, Pub, Queen's Counsel, Radio City (pirate radio station), Ray Burdis, Ray Davies, Renegade Soundwave, Richard Burton, Richard Hammond, River Thames, Robbery, Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby, Rotherhithe, Royal Fusiliers, Scotland Yard, Sergeant, Sibling rivalry, Sicilian Mafia, Snoo Wilson, Snooker, Socialite, Somerset, South London, Southwark, Spandau Ballet, St Mary's Church, Rotherhithe, Stoke Newington, Sunday Mirror, Superintendent (police), Swinging Sixties, Tabloid (newspaper format), The Beatles, The Blind Beggar, The Comic Strip, The Daily Telegraph, The Fall of the Krays, The Grand Tour, The Guardian, The Inbetweeners, The Independent, The Krays (film), The Last of the Famous International Playboys, The Libertines, The Richardson Gang, The Rise of the Krays, The Rolling Stones, The Smiths, The Sydney Morning Herald, TheGuardian.com, Tom Driberg, Tom Hardy, Tower of London, Twin, United States Department of the Treasury, Up the Bracket, Villain (1971 film), West End of London, Whitechapel, Whitechapel (TV series), Wilton Place, World War II, 1985 Wimbledon Championships. Expand index (132 more) »

A Way of Life: Over Thirty Years of Blood, Sweat and Tears

A Way of Life: Over Thirty Years of Blood, Sweat and Tears is an autobiographical book written by Reginald Kray describing his personal highs and lows throughout his 30 years inside the British prison system.

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Alexei Sayle

Alexei David Sayle (born 7 August 1952) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, author and former recording artist, and was a central figure in the alternative comedy movement in the 1980s.

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Alexei Sayle's Stuff

Alexei Sayle's Stuff is a comedy sketch show which ran on BBC2 for a total of 18 episodes over 3 series from 1988 to 1991.

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Amateur boxing

Amateur boxing (also called Olympic Boxing) is a variant of boxing practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations.

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American Mafia

The American Mafia (commonly referred to as the Mafia or the Mob, though "the Mob" can refer to other organized crime groups) or Italian-American Mafia, is the highly organized Italian-American criminal society.

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Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman

Arnold Abraham Goodman, Baron Goodman, CH, (21 August 1913 – 12 May 1995) was a British lawyer and political advisor.

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Arson

Arson is a crime of intentionally, deliberately and maliciously setting fire to buildings, wildland areas, abandoned homes, vehicles or other property with the intent to cause damage or enjoy the act.

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Barbara Windsor

Dame Barbara Windsor, (born Barbara Ann Deeks; 6 August 1937) is an English actress, known for her appearances in the ''Carry On'' films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Berkshire

Berkshire (abbreviated Berks, in the 17th century sometimes spelled Barkeshire as it is pronounced) is a county in south east England, west of London and is one of the home counties.

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Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green is a district in Greater London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and part of the historic East End in East London.

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Blackwall Tunnel

The Blackwall Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, England linking the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, and part of the A102 road.

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Bladder cancer

Bladder cancer is any of several types of cancer arising from the tissues of the urinary bladder.

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Blur (band)

Blur are an English rock band, formed in London in 1988.

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Bob Hoskins

Robert William Hoskins (26 October 1942 – 29 April 2014) was an English actor.

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Born again

In some Christian movements, particularly in Evangelicalism, to be born again, or to experience the new birth, is a popular phrase referring to "spiritual rebirth", or a regeneration of the human spirit from the Holy Spirit, contrasted with physical birth.

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Born Fighter

Born Fighter is an autobiographical book written by Reginald Kray.

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Brian Hall (actor)

Brian Charles Hall (20 November 1937 – 17 September 1997) was an English actor.

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Brick Lane

Brick Lane (Bengali: ব্রিক লেন) is a street in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Broadmoor Hospital

Broadmoor Hospital is a high-security psychiatric hospital at Crowthorne in Berkshire, England.

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Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), formerly the 3rd Regiment of Foot, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army traditionally raised in the English county of Kent and garrisoned at Canterbury.

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Canterbury

Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, England.

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Carnaby Street

Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in Soho in the City of Westminster, Central London.

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Catford

Catford is a district of south east London and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Lewisham.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982.

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Charles George Gordon

Major-General Charles George Gordon CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British Army officer and administrator.

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Charmless Man

"Charmless Man" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur and is the fourth track on their fourth studio album, The Great Escape.

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Chingford Mount

Chingford Mount is an area near Chingford in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

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Chingford Mount Cemetery

Chingford Mount Cemetery is a cemetery in Chingford Mount, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

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Cigarillo

A cigarillo (from Spanish cigarrillo, meaning cigarette, in turn from "cigarro" + "illo" diminutive, pronounced in parts of Latin America or in Spain) is a short, narrow cigar.

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Cocaine

Cocaine, also known as coke, is a strong stimulant mostly used as a recreational drug.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Conscription in the United Kingdom

Conscription in the United Kingdom has existed for two periods in modern times.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Convict

A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison".

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Court-martial

A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.

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Crime Library

Crime Library was a website documenting major crimes, criminals, trials, forensics, and criminal profiling from books.

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Crowthorne

Crowthorne is a village and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest district of south-eastern Berkshire.

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Danny Dyer

Daniel John Dyer (born 24 July 1977) is an English actor who has worked in television, film and theatre.

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David Bailey

David Royston Bailey, CBE (born 2 January 1938) is an English fashion and portrait photographer.

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Desertion

In military terminology, desertion is the abandonment of a duty or post without permission (a pass, liberty or leave) and is done with the intention of not returning.

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Diana Dors

Diana Dors (born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English film actress and singer.

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Didn't You Kill My Brother?

"Didn't You Kill My Brother?" is an episode of The Comic Strip Presents..., a British television comedy.

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Diphtheria

Diphtheria is an infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

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Drunk History (UK TV series)

Drunk History is a British television comedy which began airing on Comedy Central on 12 January 2015.

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Dusty Hughes (playwright)

Dusty Hughes (born 16 Sept 1947) is an English playwright and director, writing for both the theatre and television.

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East End of London

The East End of London, usually called the East End, is the historic core of wider East London, east of the Roman and medieval walls of the City of London, and north of the River Thames.

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East Ham

East Ham is a district of the London Borough of Newham, England, 8 miles (12.8 km) northeast of Charing Cross.

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East London

East London is a popularly and informally defined part of London, capital of the United Kingdom, lying east of the ancient City and north of the River Thames.

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English Channel

The English Channel (la Manche, "The Sleeve"; Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel"; Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; Mor Bretannek, "Sea of Brittany"), also called simply the Channel, is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France and links the southern part of the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Esmeralda's Barn

Esmeralda's Barn was a nightclub in Wilton Place, Knightsbridge, London, that was owned by the Kray twins from 1960 until its closure in 1963.

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Frank Mitchell (prisoner)

Frank Samuel Mitchell (c. 1929 – 24 December 1966), also known as "The Mad Axeman", was an English criminal and friend of the Kray twins who was later murdered at their behest.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.

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Frankie Fraser

Frank Davidson "Frankie" Fraser, better known as "Mad" Frankie Fraser (13 December 1923 – 26 November 2014), was an English gangster and criminal who spent 42 years in prison for numerous violent offences.

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Freddie Foreman

Freddie Foreman (born 5 March 1932 in South London) is a convicted English gangster.

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Freedom of information

Freedom of information is an extension of freedom of speech, a fundamental human right recognized in international law, which is today understood more generally as freedom of expression in any medium, be it orally, in writing, print, through the Internet or through art forms.

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Gary Kemp

Gary James Kemp (born 16 October 1959) is a British pop musician and actor who is the guitar player and chief songwriter for the 1980s new wave band Spandau Ballet.

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General election

A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen.

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George Cornell

George Cornell (born George Myers; 13 November 1927 – 10 March 1966) was an English criminal and member of the Richardson Gang, who were scrap metal dealers and criminals.

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George Raft

George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Harold Wilson

James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British Labour politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1976.

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HM Prison Brixton

HM Prison Brixton is a local men's prison, located in Brixton area of the London Borough of Lambeth, in inner-South London.

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HM Prison Dartmoor

HM Prison Dartmoor is a Category C men's prison, located in Princetown, high on Dartmoor in the English county of Devon.

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HM Prison Maidstone

HM Prison Maidstone is a Category C men's prison, located in Maidstone, Kent, England.

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HM Prison Shepton Mallet

HMP Shepton Mallet, sometimes known as Cornhill, is a former prison located in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England.

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HM Prison Wandsworth

HM Prison Wandsworth, is a Category B men's prison at Wandsworth in the London Borough of Wandsworth, South West London, England.

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HM Prison Wayland

HM Prison Wayland is a Category C men's prison, located near the village of Griston (near Thetford) in Norfolk, England.

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Home Counties Brigade

The Home Counties Brigade was an administrative formation of the British Army from 1948 to 1968.

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Home Secretary

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, normally referred to as the Home Secretary, is a senior official as one of the Great Offices of State within Her Majesty's Government and head of the Home Office.

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Homosexuality

Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.

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House of Commons

The House of Commons is the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada and historically was the name of the lower houses of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Southern Ireland, North Carolina and South Korea.

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Hoxton

Hoxton is an area of East London, part of the London Borough of Hackney, England.

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Idles (band)

Idles, stylised as IDLES, are an English punk rock band formed in Bristol in 2012.

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Inspector

Inspector is both a police rank and an administrative position, both used in a number of contexts.

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Jack McVitie

Jack D. McVitie (1932, Battersea, London – 29 October 1967, Stoke Newington, London), more commonly known as Jack the Hat, was a notorious English criminal from London of the 1950s–1960s.

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Jack Straw

John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is an English politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn from 1979 to 2015.

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Jaguar Mark X

The Jaguar Mark X (Mark ten), later renamed the Jaguar 420G, was British manufacturer Jaguar's top-of-the-range saloon car for a decade, from 1961 to 1970.

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James Fox

William Fox (born 19 May 1939), known professionally as James Fox, is an English actor, from a well-known acting family.

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Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster, journalist and writer who specialises in motoring.

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John Pearson (author)

John George Pearson (born 5 October 1930) is an English novelist and an author of biographies, notably of Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, and of the Kray twins.

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John Platts-Mills

John Faithful Fortescue Platts-Mills, (4 October 1906 – 26 October 2001) was a British Labour Party politician and barrister.

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Judy Garland

Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American singer, actress, and vaudevillian.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Kevin Coyne

Kevin Coyne (27 January 1944 – 2 December 2004) was an English musician, singer, composer, film-maker, and a writer of lyrics, stories and poems.

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Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge is an exclusive residential and retail district in West London, south of Hyde Park.

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Kray twins

Ronald "Ronnie" Kray (24 October 193317 March 1995) and Reginald "Reggie" Kray (24 October 19331 October 2000), identical twin brothers, were English criminals, the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in the East End of London during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Legend (2015 film)

Legend is a 2015 biographical crime thriller film written and directed by Brian Helgeland.

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Lethal Bizzle

Maxwell Owusu Ansah (born 14 September 1982), known by his stage name Lethal Bizzle, is an English rapper and actor from Walthamstow, London, of Ghanaian heritage.

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Life imprisonment

Life imprisonment (also known as imprisonment for life, life in prison, a life sentence, a life term, lifelong incarceration, life incarceration or simply life) is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted persons are to remain in prison either for the rest of their natural life or until paroled.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Lord

Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others acting like a master, a chief, or a ruler.

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Martin Kemp

Martin John Kemp (born 10 October 1961) is an English actor, director, musician, occasional television presenter, best known as the bassist in the new wave band Spandau Ballet and for his portrayal as Steve Owen from the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

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Melford Stevenson

Sir Aubrey Melford Steed Stevenson (17 October 1902 – 26 December 1987) was an English barrister and later a High Court judge, whose judicial career was marked by his controversial conduct and outspoken views.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Metropolitan Police Service

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), commonly known as the Metropolitan Police and informally as the Met, is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London, which is the responsibility of the City of London Police.

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Mile End

Mile End is a district mostly centred around the north-south Mile End Park, it partly includes the locality of Bow Common and is in London, England, east-northeast of Charing Cross.

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Military discharge

A military discharge is given when a member of the armed forces is released from his or her obligation to serve.

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Monty Python's Flying Circus

Monty Python’s Flying Circus (known during the final series as just Monty Python) is a British sketch comedy series created by the comedy group Monty Python and broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974.

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Morrissey

Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), known mononymously as Morrissey, is an English singer, songwriter and author.

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Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought.

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Murder Investigation Team

Murder/Major Investigation Teams (MIT) are the specialised homicide squads of the Metropolitan Police in London, England.

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My Story (Kray book)

My Story is an autobiographical book written by Ronnie Kray.

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Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.

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Newhaven, East Sussex

Newhaven is a town in the Lewes District of East Sussex in England.

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Nightclub

A nightclub, music club or club, is an entertainment venue and bar that usually operates late into the night.

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Nipper Read

Leonard Ernest "Nipper" Read, QPM (born 31 March 1925) is a British former policeman and boxing administrator.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a county in East Anglia in England.

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Norwich

Norwich (also) is a city on the River Wensum in East Anglia and lies approximately north-east of London.

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Old Bailey

The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly referred to as the Old Bailey from the street on which it stands, is a court in London and one of a number of buildings housing the Crown Court.

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Organized crime

Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals who intend to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for money and profit.

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Our Story (book)

Our Story is an autobiographical book by Ronnie and Reggie Kray with Fred Dinenage.

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Paranoid schizophrenia

Paranoid schizophrenia is the most common type of schizophrenia.

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Pejorative

A pejorative (also called a derogatory term, a slur, a term of abuse, or a term of disparagement) is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative connotation or a low opinion of someone or something, showing a lack of respect for someone or something.

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Performance (film)

Performance is a 1970 British crime drama film directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, written by Cammell and photographed by Roeg.

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Peter Rachman

Perec "Peter" Rachman (1919 – 29 November 1962) was a Polish-born landlord who operated in Notting Hill, London, England in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Piranha Brothers

"Piranha Brothers" is a Monty Python sketch that was first seen in the first episode (titled "Face the Press") of the second series of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

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Prisoner security categories in the United Kingdom

Prisoner security categories in the United Kingdom are one of four classifications assigned to every adult prisoner for the purposes of assigning them to a prison.

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Protection racket

A protection racket is a scheme whereby a group provides protection to businesses or other groups through violence outside the sanction of the law—in other words, a racket that sells security, traditionally physical security but now also computer security.

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Pub

A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider.

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Queen's Counsel

A Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), or King's Counsel (postnominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the Monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific.

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Radio City (pirate radio station)

Radio City was a British pirate radio station broadcasting from Shivering Sands Army Fort, one of the abandoned Second World War Maunsell Sea Forts in the Thames Estuary.

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Ray Burdis

Ray Burdis (born 23 August 1958 in London) is an English actor, screenwriter, director and film producer.

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Ray Davies

Sir Raymond Douglas Davies, (born 21 June 1944) is an English singer, songwriter and musician.

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Renegade Soundwave

Renegade Soundwave (sometimes shortened to RSW) was an electronic music group.

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Richard Burton

Richard Burton, CBE (born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 19255 August 1984) was a Welsh actor.

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Richard Hammond

Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an English presenter, writer, and journalist, best known for co-hosting the BBC Two car programme Top Gear from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and James May.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Robbery

Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or by putting the victim in fear.

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Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby

Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby, (12 February 1900 – 16 July 1986), often known as Bob Boothby, was a British Conservative politician.

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Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe is a residential district in south east London, England, and part of the London Borough of Southwark.

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Royal Fusiliers

The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years.

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Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is a metonym for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), the territorial police force responsible for policing most of London.

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Sergeant

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Sibling rivalry

Sibling rivalry is a type of competition or animosity among siblings, whether blood related or not.

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Sicilian Mafia

The Sicilian Mafia, also known as simply the Mafia and frequently referred to by members as Cosa Nostra (this thing of ours), is a criminal syndicate in Sicily, Italy.

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Snoo Wilson

Andrew James Wilson (2 August 1948 – 3 July 2013), better known as Snoo Wilson, was an English playwright, screenwriter and director.

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Snooker

Snooker is a cue sport which originated among British Army officers stationed in India in the latter half of the 19th century.

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Socialite

A socialite is a person (usually from a privileged, wealthy, or aristocratic background) who has a wide reputation and a high position in society.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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South London

South London is the southern part of London, England, south of the River Thames, and includes the historic districts of Southwark, Lambeth, Bankside and Greenwich.

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Southwark

Southwark is a district of Central London and part of the London Borough of Southwark.

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Spandau Ballet

Spandau Ballet are an English band formed in Islington, London in 1979.

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St Mary's Church, Rotherhithe

St Mary's Church, Rotherhithe, is the local Church of England parish church in Rotherhithe, formerly in Surrey and now part of south east London.

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Stoke Newington

Stoke Newington is an area occupying the north-west part of the London Borough of Hackney in north-east London.

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Sunday Mirror

The Sunday Mirror is the Sunday sister paper of the Daily Mirror.

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Superintendent (police)

Superintendent (Supt), often shortened to "super", is a rank in British police services and in most English-speaking Commonwealth nations.

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Swinging Sixties

Swinging Sixties was a youth-driven cultural revolution that took place in the UK during the mid-to-late 1960s, emphasising modernity and fun-loving hedonism, with Swinging London as its epicentre.

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Tabloid (newspaper format)

A tabloid is a newspaper with a compact page size smaller than broadsheet.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Blind Beggar

The Blind Beggar is a pub on Whitechapel Road in Whitechapel in the East End of London, England.

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The Comic Strip

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians who came to prominence in the 1980s.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Fall of the Krays

The Fall of the Krays is a 2016 low-budget British crime film directed by Zackary Adler and written by Ken and Sebastian Brown based on the true story of Ronnie and Reggie Kray.

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The Grand Tour

The Grand Tour is a British motoring television series for Amazon Video, presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, and produced by Andy Wilman.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Inbetweeners

The Inbetweeners is a British coming of age sitcom television series which originally aired on E4 from 2008–2010, created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Krays (film)

The Krays is a 1990 British drama film based on the lives and crimes of the English gangster twins Ronald and Reginald Kray, often referred to as The Krays.

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The Last of the Famous International Playboys

"The Last of the Famous International Playboys" was the third single released by Morrissey.

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The Libertines

The Libertines are an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât (vocals/guitar) and Pete Doherty (vocals/guitar).

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The Richardson Gang

The Richardson Gang was an English crime gang based in South London, England, in the 1960s.

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The Rise of the Krays

The Rise of the Krays is a 2015 low-budget film about the Kray twins who terrorised London during the 1950s and 1960s.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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The Smiths

The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily compact newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia.

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TheGuardian.com

TheGuardian.com, formerly known as Guardian.co.uk and Guardian Unlimited, is a British news and media website owned by the Guardian Media Group.

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Tom Driberg

Thomas Edward Neil Driberg, Baron Bradwell (22 May 1905 – 12 August 1976) was a British journalist, politician, High Anglican churchman and possible Soviet spy, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1942-55, and again from 1959-74.

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Tom Hardy

Edward Thomas Hardy, CBE (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor and producer.

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Tower of London

The Tower of London, officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London.

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Twin

Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.

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United States Department of the Treasury

The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is an executive department and the treasury of the United States federal government.

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Up the Bracket

Up the Bracket is the debut album by English indie rock band The Libertines, released in October 2002.

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Villain (1971 film)

Villain is a 1971 gangster film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Richard Burton, Ian McShane, T. P. McKenna and Donald Sinden.

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West End of London

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Whitechapel

Whitechapel is a district in the East End of London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Whitechapel (TV series)

Whitechapel is a British television drama series produced by Carnival Films, in which detectives in London's Whitechapel district dealt with murders which replicated historical crimes.

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Wilton Place

Wilton Place is a street in Knightsbridge, London.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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1985 Wimbledon Championships

The 1985 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kray_twins

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