Absolutely love to hear these types of stories, keep them coming. Loves the documentary btw mate

Viv was terrified of Ernie Bewick. He beat him in the amateurs. He knew he could fight and had the balls to go to Newcastle with one lad to fight his mentor in Billy Robinson. Ernie smashed Billy. Viv decided to take a liberty and he punched Ernie. Ernie thought he lost and was driving away when the lad that was with him said that Viv was out of order there hitting you. Ernie was like WHAT? He turned right back around and marched straight into Vivs gym and Viv was all apologetic and said Billy’s my mentor and you were beating him. Ernie being Ernie decided to let it go. A few weeks later Ernie got told that Viv and a lot of his men were going to come to Sunderland to cause bother with Ernie so Ernie got 200 of his doorman and waited for them. It was bs. It never happened. Ernie was the complete opposite of Viv in that he wasent a bully. Both hard men but Ernie was fair. The Taxman thought he was going to have to fight Ernie cuz of some beef with some businessman. Both sat down to a cup of tea and Brian said you couldn’t meet a nicer man but when things would kick off. Ernie was a pit bull. Shame Ernie had to kill someone in a manslaughter charge that cost him the doors in Sunderland but the guy tried to take a liberty with him.

Lovely video and I think a truer reflection than many.

Im from Middlesbrough and was 16 when lee died... Middlesbrough in those days was full of big lads who wanted the reputation to be the hardest in boro...lee might be the best known in boro at the time but there plenty of others who would carry on in the same manner...he was just a product of his environment... Even since those days there's plenty of others who want to be/are the same as lee but...no one could or will match him

I have to admit I'm Southern softy living in the Shires but I'm obsessed with these North East gangsters. Haha.

What does it matter,theres a lee duffy,and a viv graham in every town,they are not heroes,and they are both dead

Have to say that this tale had my imagination running wild with the thought of Viv Graham being used a ventriloquists dummy.

So why did'nt he come looking for Lee when he was repeatedly knocking Vivs bouncers out left, right n centre ... literally leaving fellas awake to tell Viv he was on he's own doorstep ?

Not enough of these funny stories of the characters of the north east. Was howling at the ventriloquist bit 😂🤣😅

We've heard umpteen stories of many big names telling us exactly what happened, but of course we'll believe vivs pal instead 😂😂

Fantastic to listen to this.....great...👍

They should make a viv Graham movie that would be interesting

Not too sure I believe this gentleman. Seems to big Viv up alot when numerous other sources beg to differ

People need to stop with the Viv v Duffy stuff now mind. They never had a fight, so nobody will ever know what would of happened. The whole thing reminds me of school playground arguments, my dad's bigger than your dad rubbish.

Really enjoyed Jamie's last book on lee Duffy I would recommend it.

Errrm...if you listen to any other story abour Fred the head Mills, nobody would give Viv a chance against him. Bronson rates Fred higher than Duffy and Sykes

Lee Duffy was obsessed with carry on films and based his whole image on Oddbod.

Ian Freeman the toughest man in the north ex mma champion and Newcastle doorman

Top doorman philly tobin proper gentleman, never a bully, politetely ask you to leave and next week you're his friend type of guy

I was in medomsley detention centre with Lee duffy

It’s like saying what would win a fight between T. rex and a Godzilla, never fucking happened and never will, much harder men about at that time than these, real gangsters , should let them both RIP

Who is the chap talking ?

Who’s this fella talking????

Albert Reading would have done the both of them....:)

Who knows but the duffer for me I'm from the boro

Bought the book's was interested in Lee and viv bought your book's just like to say stop milking it please some shit is important something's aren't

Is that topsy who ran the market tavern? Gotta be, he could have a go topsy like he had a few amatuers with a man i know wont say his name because he turned out to be a real wrongun. Phil stamps dad ran the one and topsy ran the other just forget its name

Man doesn’t sound too sure of what he’s saying.

Duffy wouldn’t of took a telling off from viv😂

Who shot Viv Graham, was it someone local, or from away?

Rob Armstrong what a Plonker! Gone straight Yeah - Bouncers in Newcastle back then thick as mince - not much difference . This guy seems alright - Francis Duffy the son - robbed everyone little oink -

That’s the first time ever I have heard of Duffy backing down to Viv Graham, and also some woman saying Lee Duffy couldn’t live with many lads in South Bank, but this man was very good friends with Viv Graham, so you take it with a pinch of salt.

Duffy would of thrashed viv for fun 😂

Viv wasn't a fighter more a strong man bully

Frank butcher

Viv dodged fighting lee what a gather

HAIL HAIL THE CELTS ARE HERE.

How can people be glorifing these 2 hard men. They both got murdered. One was stabbed in the back and the other got shot in the back. It's sad it really is. But what I have read and watched show them as bullies and look what happened to them. May they both rest in peace but I bet they are both up there saying to each other I wish we took a different path eh mate.!!!!

When karate can stop a bullit take up karate

Wish the interviewer would be quiet, he keeps interrupting.

I don't believe a word this bloke is saying about Viv and Lee by saying Viv warned him as it's well known that lee went looking for Viv and even knocking some of his men out and telling them that he wanted Viv and this bloke being close to Viv is going to stick by Vivs side

Lots of experts on here is there not 🤣 clowns we will never know who would of beat who so give it a rest .

Freddie Mills lived in my old street always battering coppers

Personally I think Lee Duffy would have done Viv Graham if the fight would have happened

Chubby brown has hit rock bottom

Duffy scared of viv no chance it was viv in the end asking lee to back off

There u go mate that should help with your obsession with duffy...

Viv phoned up Sayers dad and told him he didn't want to fight the duff I'm to old now - and the dad phoned lee who wos not happy and looked for viv- who wos in hiding - Lee would knocked him clean out - Charlie Bronson was in jail with both Viv was a bully for the prison guards- and Lee wanted to be the daddy of the jail- and according to Charles Bronson Lee Duffy would of smashed the granny out of him Lee wos a hand full

Bollocks

so much bull shit spoken, how the hell will we ever know the truth

Absolute rubbish. I asked Rob Armstrong and he has never heard of this fella.... nonsense because Boyle is in a huff over the duffy stuff

Duffy would of smashed viv graham and when he said Duffy would of lived with Venus and the others ffs Duffy would of battered them he was the hardest bloke around back then with Brian by along way

Viv and Duffy were in jail together and me dad was in at the same time and the we know what the truth is 💯 believe me yas hvnt a clue

Fool

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