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All about the Birmingham gang that inspired the hit TV series.
The Shelby family is fictional, but a real street gang operated in Birmingham at the turn of the 20th century. British screenwriter Steven Knight took inspiration from his father's stories of...
The most powerful member of the Peaky Blinders was a man known as Kevin Mooney. His real name was Thomas Gilbert, but he routinely changed his last name. Other prominent members of the gang were David Taylor, Earnest Haynes, Harry Fowles, and Stephen McNickle.
Jun 6, 2022 · While creator Steven Knight admitted that the Shelby clan of protagonists was fictional, the Peaky Blinders were indeed a real gang that ruthlessly vied for control of Birmingham’s streets from the 1880s to 1910s. They had no qualms about their methods — from extortion, robbery and smuggling, to murder, fraud, and assault.
Nov 19, 2023 · Tommy Shelby is most likely based on Kevin Mooney aka Thomas Gilbert, though he was known for changing his last name several times. At the height of the real-life gang's power, Thomas Gilbert was the ringleader. The true story behind the Peaky Blinders' crimes isn't quite as sensational as the show.
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Mar 1, 2021 · Billy Kimber led a gang called the Birmingham Boys, who defeated the Blinders in the early 20th century, becoming the dominant gang in the city in the 1920s. According to I Love MCR , Kimber actually had been a Peaky Blinder, leaving that gang to form his own.
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Jun 10, 2022 · Tommy Shelby is the leader of the Peaky Blinders on the show, but the real life gang looked very different. The Birmingham of that period was impoverished and filled with un- and underemployed...
