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By the order of the Peaky Blinders, you are invited to head down to The Peaky Blinders Bar and Food Court in the heart of Cains Brewery.
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The Peaky Tours - Experience the Peaky Blinders like never before
The Peaky Tours in Birmingham is giving fans of Birmingham history the opportunity to experience the iconic and historic gangs of Birmingham first hand.
Tales of the gangs have risen to prominence since the emergence of the BBC's TV show The Peaky Blinders.
Visit PeakyTours.com to book your place on a tour hosted by historian and broadcaster Carl Chinn MBE.
(Disclaimer: footage from the show is used for promotional use only and only features the BBC's trailer to avoid copyright infringement.)
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The hit BBC show ‘The Peaky Blinders’ has propelled Birmingham history into the limelight like never before. With so many now captured by the stories of Birmingham’s infamous gangsters, fans have now been given the opportunity to trace the very footsteps of the notorious hard men and to learn the true history behind the gangs that have ascended into the public eye almost one hundred years on from the days they were functioning.
The Peaky Tours is an evening hosted by the Birmingham tours company and is lead by the iconic historian and broadcaster Carl Chinn MBE. On Monday night we went along to the tour to experience an evening on the Peaky Tours.
The night starts in the historic Old Crown. The pub is infamous for establishing itself as Birmingham’s oldest inn and has been functioning since 1368. The black and white timber exterior perfectly sets the scene as you are transported back to 1920s Birmingham.
Peaky hats are in abundance with punters seizing the opportunity to feel like a real Peaky Blinder for one night only.
The star of the show is undisputedly the leader of the tour, Carl Chinn MBE. Carl’s enthusiasm for Birmingham history is not only in abundance from the minute you step inside the Old Crown but it is also contagious with everyone soon finding themselves emerged in the history of the 1890s-1920s working-class underworld of Birmingham.
Carl’s enthusiasm for the infamous gangs stems from his own personal ties. As a direct descendant from a peaky blinder there is no one better served to transport you back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Away from the Old Crown, Carl will lead the group through the very roads the gangsters of Birmingham used to walk. Leading you under bridges while relaying the exact details of the men brutally assaulted under the bridges you tread under, Carl is able to weave an atmosphere and aura that makes you feel as though you are apart of the 1920s gang wars.
Carl also notably dispels many of the myths and falsehoods popularised by the TV show. From how the Peaky Blinders were actually gangsters and criminals that were operating thirty years before the decade the show is set in, to exposing the real meaning behind the name ‘ The Peaky Blinders’ – the tour is an imperative and necessary evening for any enthusiasts of Birmingham history or simply just avid watchers of the BBC’s hit show.
To learn more about the Peaky Tours visit PeakyTours.com
Special thanks to Stacey Minott for allowing us access to the tour.
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Tribute to one of the most cinematically stunning and well-executed television shows of all time.
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Story of real Peaky Blinders continued: How Birmingham gang fought on Britain’s racecourses
The real Peaky Blinders fought pitched battles on Britain’s racecourses for control of the riches of on-course betting between the world wars.
Bookies were intimidated, the police bribed to look away and shots were fired as large groups of Birmingham’s “hard men” roamed the country.
This true story, told by well-known, Birmingham historian, Carl Chinn, is as enthralling as the acclaimed BBC TV series starting on 5th May.
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REAL PEAKY BLINDERS
Historian Professor Carl Chinn of Birmingham University discusses who the real PEAKY Blinders were.
For anyone unfamiliar with the show, the story follows the fortunes of the Shelby family, and in particular, the head of the Peaky Blinders gang, Tommy Shelby, a veteran of the First World War, who seeks to legitimise his illegal gambling operation by taking over racetrack bookmaking pitches in the years following the war. Set in Small Heath, Birmingham in the 1920s, it's visually stunning and packed with brilliant performances. It’s been a hit in the UK, and due to a distribution deal with Netflix, is gaining fans across the globe.
The Birmingham gangs were known as ‘Sloggers’; violent young men scraping a living through robbery and threats who fought with sharpened belt buckles and iron bars. The Peaky Blinders were one of several street gangs that took their lead from the Sloggers. They were feared and they were lawless, known for their distinctive sartorial style of bell-bottomed trousers and silk scarves.
Source: History West Midland
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We are proud to have one of, if not the most reputable historians of his generation, Prof. Carl Chinn MBE in charge of our tour guides. Tours are conducted by either Prof. Carl Chinn MBE or Blue Badge guide Dave Fisher. Please check each date for the guide for the evening.
Meeting at The Old Crown on Deritend High Street. On arrival, you are welcome to have a drink and relax in area set aside exclusively for Peaky Tours. There, our guide will bring to life the real gangs that terrorised the racecourses of England in the 1920s and the real gang leaders. After just over an hour, they will take you on a tour back to the 1890s and early 1900s, recounting the story of the Real Peaky Blinder gangs and taking in the Rainbow Pub close to where the term “Peaky Blinder” was first penned. The walking element of the tour lasts around 45 minutes to one hour (dependent on questions).
We will then lead you back to the Old Crown, where you will be sat in an exclusive area set aside for Peaky Tours. Here, you will handed your choice of house wine, ale or non-alcoholic drink and a typical Victorian dinner (tour choice dependent).
Once your belly and palate are contented, we will conclude the Real Peaky Blinders story by telling you about the violent and bloody gang war that erupted on the racecourses of southern England in 1921 and explain what happened to the gangs and their leaders. We will then take any questions you may have. You will also get the chance to buy merchandise including the Prof. Carl Chinn’s best-selling book.
Peaky tours is great for socialising, birthdays, parties, corporate nights out.
NO F*CKING FIGHTING - Peaky Blinders S03E01
I do not claim to own any of the video footage or sounds/music used in this video. It is taken from Peaky Blinders S03E01.
This is the scene where Thomas Shelby instructs his family to keep calm and don't f*cking fight.
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The Peaky Blinders were a criminal gang based in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century and, to a lesser extent, in the early 20th century. Philip Gooderson, author of The Gangs of Birmingham, states that the Peaky Blinders originated as a specific gang, but the term later became a generic label. An earlier gang known as the Cheapside Sloggers had evolved in the 1870s, and the term Sloggers (meaning fighters) had already become a generic local label for street gangs when the Peaky Blinders emerged at the end of the century in Adderley Street, in the Bordesley and Small Heath areas, which was an extremely deprived slum section of Birmingham at the time. The Peaky Blinders were distinguished by their sartorial style, unlike earlier gangs. Notable members included David Taylor (imprisoned for carrying a gun at 13 years old), baby-faced Harry Fowles, Ernest Haynes and Stephen McNickle.
Early in the 20th century, one of the Birmingham gangs known as the Brummagem Boys (Brummagem being slang for Birmingham) began to spread their criminal network from the streets of Birmingham to around the country. Helped by greatly improved transport, for the first time, regional gangs were able to expand beyond the streets that bred them. The new connecting railway between Birmingham and London meant they could target the racecourse riches of the country's capital.
Following the Handsworth riots in 1985, young people banded together in groups which soon turned to petty crime and robbery. By the late 1980s, the Johnson Crew, named after their Johnsons Café hang-out, controlled the drugs market and nightclub security across a large area of Birmingham.
After a fall-out between members of the Johnson Crew, the Burger Bar Boys formed, taking their name from a Soho Road fast-food joint. This began a violent feud between the Johnsons and the Burger Bar Boys, which was resolved in a truce instigated by Matthias Shabba Thompson in 2010, with assistance from documentary maker Penny Woolcock. The process of forming the truce was captured in the Channel 4 documentary, One Mile Away. Following the truce, violent crime fell by 50% in the B6 postcode area and 30% in B21.
The increasingly collaborative relationship between the two gangs has led to some in the media describing them as more akin to a 'super gang', seeking to establish a greater national network of organised crime rather than controlling their post-code areas.Other reports suggest both gangs are effectively inactive, and there is no 'super gang'.
However, 20 shootings in mid 2015 onwards were linked to the feud between the Burger Bar Boys and the Johnson Crew, suggesting any truce is no longer active and the gang rivalry has been renewed.
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Discovering the Real Peaky Blinders (6/6: The Accent)
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If you’ve got a Brummie accent, the chances are you’ve been knocked for it. Too often, our accent is portrayed in a negative way as boring and monotonous. And this media influence, and popular versions of the Brummie accent, has meant the television companies have shied away from using our city as a location. Thankfully, that attitude has been changed positively and powerfully by the series, Peaky Blinders.
However, some of the actors have been criticised because it’s felt that their accents sound more like Liverpudlian than Brummie. Cillian Murphy, who plays Tommy Shelby, did make a big effort to get an ear for the real Birmingham sound. And he spent an afternoon at The Garrison pub by the Birmingham City ground talking with, and listening to, proper Brummies. Too many people, when taking on the Birmingham accent, speak slowly. We don’t speak slowly; it’s a city accent, we speak fast. And Cillian Murphy has got that spot-on, and through doing so, he’s shown that Brummies and Brummie accent can be spoken by sharp, witty, quick and alert people. But it must be remembered that in the 1920s, the Birmingham accent was stronger, and because there was little immigration in that period of Birmingham, then its accent was embedded within its rural hinterland. So, many dialect words were also spoken, such as “blarting” for “crying”, “miskin” for the dustbin, and “suff” for the drain. Birmingham was in Warwickshire; and, of course, the greatest writer in the history of English language, Shakespeare, was also from Warwickshire. Now we wouldn’t say that Shakespeare spoke like a Brummie, but his mother’s family, the Ardens, came from near to Birmingham. And in his plays, he used dialect words like “brewess” and “the suff”.
Discovering the Real Peaky Blinders (2/6: Origins)
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At the start of the drama series, the Peaky Blinders are making their money from illegal backstreet bookmaking. But led by the ambitious Tommy Shelby, they soon become a major gang on a national scale. And that leads them into conflicts with other powerful gangsters, like Billy Kimber, Darby Sabini and Alfie Solomons. But what was the reality for the real Peaky Blinder gangs of Birmingham?
Unlike in the series, the real Peaky Blinders were not glamorous, mafia-style gangsters. They were vicious men, petty criminals, operating in the backstreets of Birmingham. These hooligans were originally called sloggers or slogging gangs. But from 1890, a new term comes into use - Peaky Blinders. And it arose after an inoffensive bloke called George Eastwood, who was drinking in this pub, the Rainbow. After he left, he was brutally assaulted nearby under the railway viaduct, by the gang that were called the Small Heath Peaky Blinders.
The Peaky Blinder gang were put down before the First World War, largely thanks to the efforts of Birmingham’s Chief Constable Charles Haughton Rafter. He was a Belfast protestant, and he has similarities with Inspector Campbell in the series.
However, a man who had probably been a Peaky Blinder did emerge to lead a powerful and frightening gang of men from Birmingham who controlled the racecourse protection rackets on the bookmakers across England, he was called Billy Kimber. He is shown in the series as a Londoner. But he wasn’t, he was a big burly Brummie, born in Hospital Street off Somer Lane. And it was he who led the real Birmingham gang into a war in 1921 with the real gangs led by the real Darby Sabini and the real Alfie Solomons.