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Originally Posted by ringsider
Steve - is this fact , or just mythology? No disrespect intended, but as a born and bred Londoner I know that there is a lot of tosh out there concerning the 'wonderful' East End and the people who lived there. In a strange way it was always the same with the rose-tinted aura surrounding West Ham United and their loyal(?) fans.
Regards - Bernie
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It's true that the Krays would always be interested in any petty criminals working on their patch and that they'd either beat them up and scare them off - or they'd let them carry on working but would take a share of their earnings.
Nothing particularly wonderful about it. There was a lot of poverty and there was also a lot of crime.
But they were good to their mother
Steve