Bibliograph

The real peaky blinders, Billy Kimber, the Birmingham Gang and the racecourse wars of the 1920's, Carl Chinn

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The real peaky blinders, Billy Kimber, the Birmingham Gang and the racecourse wars of the 1920's, Carl Chinn

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The real peaky blinders

Responsibility statement

Carl Chinn

Sub title

Billy Kimber, the Birmingham Gang and the racecourse wars of the 1920's

Summary

In the backstreets of Birmingham after the First World War, Billy Kimber was a feared fighter with an astute mind and magnetic personality. These attributes earned him the leadership of the Birmingham Gang that dominated the highly profitable protection rackets of the racecourses of England. The members of this gang had once been "sloggers" or "peaky blinders", and their rise to supremacy was attributable to their viciousness and to Kimber's shrewd alliances with other mobs. But they soon incurred the envy of the Sabini Gang of London, who fought violently to oust Kimber and his men and take over their rackets. The Birmingham Gang battled back fiercely in the infamous and bloodstained racecourse wars of the 1920s. These were the real Peaky Blinders, and this is their story

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