The Guv'nor
09/28/22 • 44 min
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In the London crime circles of the 50s, 60s and 70s no one was more influential than Freddie Foreman. As a freelance enforcer, he worked with all of them — from gentleman robbers like Bruce Reynolds to the dark violence of The Krays. We spent an afternoon in his guv’nor’s flat reminiscing about the old days, and about how true villainy doesn’t completely disappear with age.
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In the London crime circles of the 50s, 60s and 70s no one was more influential than Freddie Foreman. As a freelance enforcer, he worked with all of them — from gentleman robbers like Bruce Reynolds to the dark violence of The Krays. We spent an afternoon in his guv’nor’s flat reminiscing about the old days, and about how true villainy doesn’t completely disappear with age.
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British Villains - The Guv'nor
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From Luminary. This is British villains. When I was a kid, I'd come home from school and there'd be the smell of cigar smoke wafting from our kitchen. Various blokes would be around the table, laughing and joking. There was Jerry the Truck. He could get you a car at very short notice. I don't know how he did it, but he could get you any fucking car. Then there was Done the dent. He was the dentist on call if you had your tooth knocked out, and be
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