Philip Gooderson: 1 book
The Gangs of Birmingham
From the Sloggers to the Peaky Blinders
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
In the early 1870s, the boomtown of Birmingham erupted in a series of vicious gang wars. Mobs of youths armed with stones, knives and belt buckles fought pitched battles in a struggle for territorial supremacy. Known as "sloggers", they drew their numbers from the workshops and factories...
