Sheffield History Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Sheffield Gang Wars Ok - so we know a little about the Sheffield gangs Let's see how much information we can get into one thread about it !! Any pics or information - post them in here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 I have got the book "The Sheffield Gang Wars" by J P Bean It is fascinating. Describes the gambling gangs at Skye Edge - Tossing Rings and dog fighting Also the gangs around the West Bar area What tough times they were My father told me it was very dangerous to walk the streets at night The police under Sillitoe were real tough nuts The book is available from Amazon if you are quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sando Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 I have got the book "The Sheffield Gang Wars" by J P Bean It is fascinating. Describes the gambling gangs at Skye Edge - Tossing Rings and dog fighting Also the gangs around the West Bar area What tough times they were My father told me it was very dangerous to walk the streets at night The police under Sillitoe were real tough nuts The book is available from Amazon if you are quick Following the book there was a 1/2 hour documentary on TV, i think I have a video copy of this somewhere, I will have to try and dig it out, but need to get it converted to DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mean Machine Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Following the book there was a 1/2 hour documentary on TV, i think I have a video copy of this somewhere, I will have to try and dig it out, but need to get it converted to DVD. would really appreciate it if you had managed to get it converted, would love to see it again, could you let me know if you have managed to get it converted as my wife would like to see it, she has just got interested in the gang wars. many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cazzie Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 My mother used to tell tales of the Mooney Gang. How they terrorised the Walkley area when she was a girl (1920's) I think they were used to scare the kids into behaving :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ndavid957 Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 My great aunt Sarah nee Rigney was married to George Mooney, his first wife. He beat her regulary, and was not a nice man to her. Lets not glamourise thugs and wife beaters. She died of kidney faluire, at a young age, no life for a woman in those days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Will G Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 The book is really great, tells a lot more also, including a bit about the 19th century gangs. I put this kind of synopsis together here: http://www.suite101.com/content/gang-war-in-the-steel-city-a316101 Enjoy I have got the book "The Sheffield Gang Wars" by J P Bean It is fascinating. Describes the gambling gangs at Skye Edge - Tossing Rings and dog fighting Also the gangs around the West Bar area What tough times they were My father told me it was very dangerous to walk the streets at night The police under Sillitoe were real tough nuts The book is available from Amazon if you are quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest old sailor Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 My Grandfather Ernest Broomhead was a member of one of the gangs, says in the book(gang wars) that when apearing in court his occupation was (delivering parcels) He moved to Blackpool later on. My Mother used to tell some stories as she was the eldest of 6 My Mum died 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Tonight at 2100hrs. Gangs Of Britain - Sheffield. Channel 553 Sky Channel 237 C I Virgin cable. .http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/tv-schedule.htmlhttp://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/sheffield-gangs/background.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Tonight at 2100hrs. Gangs Of Britain - Sheffield. Channel 553 Sky Channel 237 C I Virgin cable. . http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/tv-schedule.html http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/sheffield-gangs/background.html Not tonight Steve, - the linked schedules indicate that it is tomorrow night, Sunday 2nd June Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Not tonight Steve, - the linked schedules indicate that it is tomorrow night, Sunday 2nd June Ooops ! Sorry, you are correct Dave, got my days mixed up. I don't have Sky or Virgin (cable) TV, only freeview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Just watched the 'Gangs Of Britain - Sheffield'. And I recommend viewing tomorrow night .... (Sunday 2nd June) ((( )) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Ooops ! Sorry, you are correct Dave, got my days mixed up. I don't have Sky or Virgin (cable) TV, only freeview. You seem to have a Virgin Media (previously blueyonder, and before that, TeleWest) email address Steve, like me, so I thought you would have Virgin Cable TV as well. We currently have all 4 of their services, Cable TV / Broadband fibre optic Internet / Landline telephone / Virgin Mobile mobile phone. Anyway, my Virgin Media digibox is set to record the Gangs of Britain on Virgin 237 (CI, stands for crime investigations) TOMORROW night at 21:00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 You seem to have a Virgin Media (previously blueyonder, and before that, TeleWest) email address Steve, like me, so I thought you would have Virgin Cable TV as well. I presume that most of us will know what thought did ? "Followed a Muck Cart and Thought it Was a Wedding" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago Members of the Mooney Gang (a well-known 'tossing ring' gang from the Park and West Bar areas), c. 1925. t07875 The man crouching is Harry Rippon; the one the right in the trilby hat is Tommy Rippon; in the braces is George 'Ganner' Wheywell.The man leaning on the fence is unknown. Tommy Rippon and George Wheywell were named as members of the Mooney Gang in the book. 'Sheffield Gang Wars' by J P Bean. Harry Rippon is also mentioned in the book. George Wheywell changed his allegiances from the Park Brigade gang to the Mooney Gang in 1925 so the photograph was taken in or after that year. In 1925 Wheywell was around 27, Harry Rippon 33 and Tommy Rippon 36 years old. Harry Rippon died in 1942 aged 52. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddy Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago I did a bit of research into Wheywell and Mooney family history as I am still in touch with a couple of their offspring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago 23 Corporation Street was once the Corporation Stores owned by Mrs Mooney of the Mooney Gang infamy. Nos. 61, Jim Storey, motor engineer and 69/71, Ellis Son and Paramore, surgical appliance manufacturers, Spring Street from No. 23 Corporation Street (derelict shop) looking towards Russell Street. 1980. s27309 . Kelvin Grove Hotel, 227-229 Infirmary Road. 1922.a03537 Charles Shinfield and his wife Queenie, proprietor of the Kelvin Grove Hotel in the centre of the group. The pub was reputed to be a 'Gang' pub and some of the people outside were said to be associated with the Mooney Gang. Information from R Shinfield, Charles Shinfield's great nephew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago Illuminated letter to Captain Percy Joseph Sillitoe (Chief Constable of the East Riding of Yorkshire) congratulating him on his appointment as Chief Constable of City of Sheffield. 29th April 1926. arc02603 Signed by: L. J. Reed, Superindentent; T. Parker Inspector and Chief Clerk; E. S. Ross Sergeant; G. R. Bryant Police Constable. Sir Percy (22 May 1888 - 5 April 1962) was born in London in 1888. He served in the South Africa Police, later becoming Chief Constable of Chesterfield in Derbyshire and then the East Riding of Yorkshire. He was appointed Chief Constable of the City of Sheffield in 1926. He served in Sheffield for 5 years and was well known for dealing with the violent gangs which were active in the city. In 1931 he was appointed Chief Constable of Glasgow. He was appointed CBE in 1936, knighted in 1942 and in 1943 was put in command of the new joint Kent force. He became Director General of MI5 in 1946. Original at Sheffield City Archives: X462/1. Colonel Hall-Dalwood, retiring Chief Constable of Sheffield and his successor, Captain P. J. Sillitoe. 1926. y14017 Image from Sheffield Year Book, 1927 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 032.74 S) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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