Many years ago, my dad ran a small printing company in north London. One day, a disreputable-looking character came in and asked for a rush printing job. When the guy came to pick it up, he looked at the printing and said "Very nice. Reggie will be pleased with this." Dad didn't sleep for a week worrying about what would have happened if Reggie hadn't been pleased...

The first guy is in a film called Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Fantastic film

The Long Good Friday is a very underrated British gangster film

The krays were so bad they scared the Italian mafia away from Britain

There was also an American actor called Charles Bronson, which is why it may have sounded familier

I saw your expression when he said 'Brown Bread Fred'. 'Brown Bread' was the cockney slang for 'dead' so Fred's nickname was effectively 'Dead Fred' because he was the go-to guy for disappearing dead bodies.

Lenny was a good friend of my dad and was a gentle giant when it came to women and children, we all loved him. He was horribly abused by his step fater that led to a lot of anger, which got him into crime in the early days, but he was a good person, a family man, adored his wife and kids, hated violence and would never cause trouble, ... but if it came to him he dealt with it VERY effectively. He wasn’t really a gangster, more hired muscle and a bare knuckle boxer in his younger days.

When Mad Frank says things like allegedly and I wish it was true he's taunting the police. Everyone knows he did it but as long as he denies it and they haven't been able to prove it and convict him.

You may have hear the name Charles Bronson because there was a great American Actor of the same name who unfortunately passed away in 2003, He was in films such as The Magnificent Seven, The great escape and The Dirty Dozen to name a few of the 51 films he was in. I loved most of his movies.

The Krays have another cool and unusual claim of being some of the last prisoners to spend time in the Tower Of London.

Charles Bronson was also the name of a US actor from the 70s-80s, famous for The Great Escape, The Dirty Dozen, and Death Wish

There's two films about the Kray Twins. The Krays from the 90's starring Martin and Gary Kemp and the more recent Legend starring Tom Hardy as both of them. The film Bronson is also worth watching. I honestly find this sort of thing fascinating.

Glasgow Ice Cream wars, brutal. The peak of the violence came on 16 April 1984 with the murder by arson of six members of the Doyle family with others seriously burned. Knew one of the Doctors on duty that night.

Many years ago I used to play cricket for a village team not far south of London and one evening we walked into a pub on our way home, and being young know it all we asked for a couple of pints of your f***ing beer. We very quickly got a tap on the shoulder and told to be respectful of the bar staff. When this chap walked away another asked do you know who owns this pub, we of course said no, only to be informed one of the kray Twin's gang members. We drank up quickly and left. Even as teenages in the mid/late 1970's we had heard about the Kray's

Charles Bronson was an American movie star, he was in "Death Wish", the gangster changed his name to the actor's name. The Kray Twins even got put in the Tower of London for a time. The Krays fought against the Richardson gang.

It wasn't wholly accurate to say that the Krays spent the rest of their days in jail, Ronnie Kray was eventually confined in Broadmoor, a notorious psychiatric institution that held some of the UK's worst criminally insane, such as Peter Sutcliffe. Digressing slightly, those of us of a certain age will remember the days when at 10:00 every Monday morning, Broadmoor would test the wartime-sounding siren that would alert the public if anyone absconded.

You should look into the kray twins

I met Frankie Fraser about 20yrs ago in a pub where he was talking about his life of crime. It was fascinating

"Charles Bronson? That name sounds familiar" Lol. Well, you've got two chances to recognise that name

The name Charles Bronson is probably familiar because of the American actor with the same name

That is THE Mad Frankie Fraser at 12:06.

The Krays became the most famous because of their love of showbiz, which probably led to their downfall. The Richardsons were much worse, but kept a low profile.

The reason most gangsters are brothers is because you can depend on family

Technically, only Ronnie Kray spent the rest of his life behind bars, he died in 1995. Reggie was let out on compassionate ground in 2000, because he was diagnosed with cancer, but only for a few weeks before he died.

As a youngster back in the 1960s the Krays were local heroes, the Richardson's less so. They made the Blind Beggar (Pub) infamous with the Cornell murder, but it was always nice to drop by for a beer there. I went to Reggie's funeral and it is well worth a visit to Chingford Mount Cemetery where they are all buried, even poor Frances, Reggie's unfortunate wife. May you all rest in peace

you were thinking about Charles Bronson an American actor of many movies...he died 20 years ago....made a lot of famous movies

The prisoner Bronson took his name from the legendary actor Charles Bronson. He's had several names over the years, not that you read these comments but someone might.

Charles Bronson was the name of an actor, probably best known for the Death Wish films and Once Upon A Time In The West.

They were London gangs, when they tried to head north, they were sent back with their tails between their legs, Manchester gangs were so much more organised.

British gangster films are fantastic. Lock stock. Gentlemen on netlix. Legend. Snatch.

Charles Bronson was also the name of the actor from the Vigilante film series

At least these gangster are more honest than the average politician.

Tyler: oh my god he looks like a real life comic book villain. I'm thinking Tyler's got Kingpin on his mind, from Marvel.

I believe it's true that the Kray twins were imprisoned for some time in London's fortress, 'The Tower of London' (opposite the famous lifting bascule bridge on the River Thames which flows through London - 'Tower Bridge' - which itself was named after the *'Tower of London*') I don't recall how long the Kray twins were held there, though it can probably be found on Google. (*The 'Tower of London'* history goes right back to the time of 🇹🇩 'William the Conqueror', who also _built_ 'Windsor Castle' - one of the homes of our Royal Family 🇬🇧 - in 1084 A.D, after besting 'King Harold'🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 at 'The Battle of Hastings', supposedly on Senlac Hill, Battle, East Sussex, and there are multiples of videos on these subjects too of course). 🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Love your videos. Just curious as to how many channels you have? I sub to 2. This one and Tyler bucket. Do you have any more?

The icecream wars were a horrific time in Glasgow The Wee Man is a difficult film of this time what went on was shocking.

Watch Lock Stock and 2 smoking barrels and review it. A great British gangster movie.

I was in a building society queue in Islington north London,I turned around and Frankie Fraser was behind me,I was shocked at how small he was.

McLean is pronounced MA CLAIN. " BROWN BREAD" is cockney rhyming slang for DEAD ! That IS Frankie Fraser.

Charles Bronson changed his name and grew a moustache because he was a massive fan of the actor of the same name.

My mum was born in the east end of London in the 30’s. She always said that there were no muggings, far less burglaries and you felt safe to walk the streets at night when the krays were around. They only hurt criminals and raised a lot of money for local charities. Ok, they were mad bastards but not bullies.they weren’t foreign , they were local men doing what they needed to do to get by.

Everyone knows about the Kray twins. They weren't identical IRL.

Check out 'lock, stock and two smoking barrels,' it's a fantastic film.

The Krays and the Richardsons met up in a pub (East London, I think) in 1962. They were thinking of joining forces in a venture involving the African "blood diamond" business. While they were together, they clarified territory. ie where the Kray's territory ended and the Richardson's began. The fifteen year old daughter of one of the Richardsons men was there and witnessed it all. (They couldn't leave her at home alone, could they?) I knew her when she was in her sixties. By that time, the Richardsons had both passed away, so it was safe now to talk. She had some great stories - that was only one of them!

That Guy featured "Mad" Frankie Fraser was an enforcer for The Richardsons so got 2 mentions...

David Bowie Uncle's were a part of the Peaky Blinders. Remember people lives were a lot harder than our's today. British Gangsters back in the day had illegal businesses, legal businesses and were able to raise a lot of money for their local area's charities. The Gangster's were known to look after local working-class people and the area they lived in who were not involved in crime. A lot of working class solider's went on to become gangsters after WW1 and WW2 when they came home from the World Wars. The Peaky Blinders were all working class soldiers who survived WW1 with PTSD. The insane gangster did use pliers on many folks teeth. That is standard gangster behaviour.

Lenny Mcleen looks like King pin from marvels halkeye and echo series

I was born 10 mins walk from the krays..my parent owned a bakers on mare St Hackney we lived above it..but they did not bother anyone other than their own kind..my mum said we knew they were there but you didn't get bothered or take notice..one was also kray crazy lol..he was in mental institute for his whole life.

The Governor Lenny became a movie star that's a guy Richie movie He was in. He was a bareknuckle prize fighter.

Lenny McLean looks like 25% of The Fantastic Four.

For fiction. Watch "Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels". One of the most violent and funny films ever created!

Death Wish has the actor Charles Bronson playing the main role

I'd really recommend a video solely on the Kray twins, they are far and away the most infamous gangsters

We say "Guv'nor" round these parts, Tyler 😅👍🏾

Viv Graham should have been on this list. He was based. Out of. Tyneside area

My father in law was a prison guard and dealt with Bronson and the Krays.

The reason videos like these only talk about criminals who have been caught and imprisoned is because criminals who haven't been convicted - because the police lack the legal evidence for which they could be arrested and prosecuted - could sue for libel if they were portrayed. Or, of course, they might decide to deal with the matter in their own way.

Lol when you got to number 2 saying lots of brothers rise to the top of the crime family somehow, and you obviously not knowing who number 1 will be, every uk citizen would know the number one. Legend is a great movie.

Ronnie kray was also insane he was a paranoid schizophrenic

Tom Hardy plays the Krays brilliantly, a must watch film

You probably know the name Charles Bronson because he was a famous actor best known for the Death Wish movies.

Different Charles Bronson.... there was a US actor.... a big star in the 1960-70 s action movies ...and that one often had a moustache too!

Another gang figure who is interesting is Curtis warren. There is some good books and documentaries on him.

Grand Theft Auto took the ice cream vans and put it into their games from number 9.

I’m from Nottingham and grew up during the ‘shottingham’ era…. I’ll be honest there still are many remnants of that left in our city, but we have overcome a lot of it. I will say that like the rest of the uk knives are the biggest worry nowadays but drugs and drug dealers still rule the streets in many ways, it’s just not known about unless you look into it.

the better movie of the Krays is from the 80's

Surrpised Paul Massey wasn't mentioned

Like for Tyler Rumple or comment for Ryan Wuzer

I used to live near the noonans & my siblings knew them personally. They were nice guy's but had a big reputation

Fun Fact: Ronnie and Reggie Kray dodged conscription, got arrested and were locked up in the Tower of London (I think they were the last to do so)

There is also actor called Charles Bronson

You probably recognise the name Charles Branson from the American Actor. he changed his name to Charles Bronson, after the Hollywood actor, during a short stint of freedom in 1987. He used his new persona to launch an illegal bare-knuckle fighting career, but returned to jail in 1988, keeping his new name

There was a actor named Charles Bronson

Funny how quite a few of us commentators have some sort of connection to one of them!

Tylor your thinking of charles bronson the american actor lol

Charles Bronson copied his name from the name of the actor in the Death Wish movies! The "Bulky bald bruiser with a working-class English accent" is almost a movie trope for a violent tough guy nowadays. An extreme example is the protagonist's first target in the film Ninja Assassin.

Tyler check out Lee Murry. Lee was a former UFC fighter who was involved in the worlds biggest cash hiest.

I was an extra in the film Bronson.

Lenny was a total gent . looked the part but a total gentleman

Intresting

I met Dom Noonan when I was about 30 years old and he was about 13! He was stealing my sons bicycle at the time and I grabbed the bike by the front wheel. He pulled it back with so much force he nearly ripped my fingers off. Needless to say we moved as soon as we could from that neighbourhood. We found the bike ourselves and notified the police. It had been bought by Noonans uncle and the police advised us to Buy it back from him as he had bought it in "Good Faith". We didn't, we just let it go!

Charles Bronson actor made the DEATH WISH films.

Mad Frankie Fraser was the Enforcer for The Richardsons.

Legend is an excellent movie, Tom Hardy absolutely nailed the essence of both of the Krays.

I worked with him ( Lenny) at the Hippodrome , was a twinkly eyed gentle guy who loved telling me stories about his wife and daughter. I know about other stuff, I saw a couple of times him intimidate folks but didn't see any of the nasty stuff...

You're thinking of the actor Charles Bronson who played a tough guy.

I just don’t understand why Bronson keeps making it onto these lists of gangsters. A criminal, yes. But not a gangster. And yet he’s in the list when they leave out giants like Jack ‘Spot’ Comer.

Lenny was the real deal. Some of his fights are on video. The man was a warrior

Watch the film "Legend"...............it is all about "The Kray Twins".

Unfortunately for people from these backgrounds (as they are in the US as well) they are born into an area that operates as an independent society where crime is normalised. This is not their fault and is due to under-funded schools that cannot provide an adequate education for them so if they want to be able to feed their families they have to resort to crime. Mentally they have to justify their actions so they demonise the government and police (often rightfully so). It’s understandable as the government often did nothing to help these people in poverty and yet they want to stop them from doing the only thing they know that let’s them provide for their family and feel powerful in a world that took all their power from them. I’m not justifying crime, but when it’s all you’ve known you’re going to talk about it nonchalant. Keep in mind they will often also have been prevented from entering “normal” places in society for how they look and talk, stared at for being out of place, which only fuels the entire situation. There’s a lot of work to do to support people who are in poverty and we’re born into cringe.

I used to go to a club called Camden palace lenny McLean was the top doorman he was great very fair but if you took the piss then it was good night for you. I also watched him fight in the ring fukin brilliant wot a tough hard man .check out the fight with lenny and roy shaw they had 3 , lenny knocked him clean out the ring brilliant loved it

Before Krays twins was bill hill godfather of London

The first guy, Lennie McLean looks like the father of my first serious girlfriend - scary man!.

charles bronson famous america actor.

Dom Noonan was spotted in the streets of Manchester during the 2011 riots.

Guy Ritchie made them “cool” and so lots of documentaries and movies have been made about them.

Legend is a awesome movie well worth a watch the kray twins we're madheads

Your comments that it seems weird how gangsters are interviewed as if they're politicians or celebrities is quite telling,here in the UK they're often portrayed in that way, movies are made about their lives,books are written by them or about them and there is often a kind of hero worship.

What's he doing with those hammers... 🤔 My dad met with Frankie while doing work for people, he did know a few of those types of people. Complete psychopaths. The reason a lot of those people didn't get done for murder or whatever was because they had people do 'favours' for them. You could go to them with a problem and they would fix it for you no questions asked, but they get to call a favour in at any time and you don't have the option to say no.

what's he doing with those hammers?.. not hanging pictures, thats for sure! lol