Meet Jimmy The Weed: The Legend Of The Quality Street Gang | British Gangsters | Real Crime
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- One of Manchester's most infamous gangs, formed in the 60s, was the Quality Street Gang. Named after the advert which showed a group of well-dressed men walking into a pub with a certain swagger, the gang was well known for sending the Krays 'packing' from Manchester when the brothers tried to expand their operation.
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my father was a similar man to these guy's back in the day in Scotland and the stories i've been told are horrendous. but the same thing happens they all end up old men that looked like bullies and nothing to be proud of.
When I hear these people speak so proudly about "Being Violent all my life". My only hope is that someone gives them the same level of treatment or even worse than that which they have dished out over the years. I really hope that old saying of "There's always someone younger, bigger and harder" is very very true. Only thing worse that a bully is a proud bully.
Well said sir!
Well said you! I absolutely agree with you. I'm from Manchester and I'm familiar with the majority of the people who are in the video.
I think of them as rather sad, pathetic individuals if I'm honest.
They're Man child's.....
@@leemcr1894 lifes wasted on being idiots. We don't need those type of people..
@@leemcr1894 would you say that to their face because they still have enough power to put you in a box..plus most of them have had kids who carry on thier life..I'm with you don't get me wrong butbi think you should keep that to yourself if you know them or run in their circles
Gangs normally fight with other gangs..unless its business and they want a share in it, but that's normally a sit down..
Many people who do long stretches in jail come out with the same mental age as they went in. Some have not progressed past “who is the hardest” in the school playground and spend their lives being controlled by people who are not hard at all.
I know quite a lot about this subject, as I've done quite a bit of "time" myself and, I really have to say that what you've just said is a load of bollocks, I've never heard such rubbish, go and try it yourself - "some time in the big house, maybe then you'll have the right to talk bull shit innit"? 🖤❤️
Mate I’ve served 16 years and I agree with some of what you said. When you go in you stop maturing the same way you would in the real world, but your principles is what makes you who you are regardless of where you’ve been.
I met someone on holiday in Corfu once whose hairdresser in Grimsby had a cousin whose next-door neighbour once met a man in Spain who claimed to be part of the Quality Street. He was known as 'the Round Chewy Toffee' and was a legend.
No one messes with the round chewy toffees they'll pull yer teeth out. There's a reason why they are left in the tin
Sounds a wee bit like your stretching the truth a bit 👀
My Nan's cousins friend knew one called "peanut brittle", was well hard.
The Krays came to Liverpool as well. When they got off at Lime Street station they were met by Ken Dodd, Cilla Black and Ringo Star. Ken tickled Ronnie’s bottom with his tickle stick and Ringo whacked Reggie over the head with his drum stick. Despite Ronnie usually liking a bit of bum tickling, he and Reggie both got the first train back to London, never to return.
Bum tickling 😂😂😂😂
I laugh so hard I farted 😢😂😂😂😂
Best comment so far 😂
Sounds legit
At least they didn’t get near the kids of Liverpool
yawn...
The way you keep the delivery so sharp is really impressive, massively inspiring for us new true crime channels to keep growing, massively hats off to you, love your work and thanks for the quality content!
LOL you will believe anything , you do know its all fluffed up for YT hits. None of it will have ever gone down as its told 30+ years later
You do know they just buy documentaries and post them right ? it isn't actually the channel lol
Yeah top gangster sat recalling his high life from an old chair in his scruffy council flat we his flat cap , 😂 Manchesters answer to All Pacino !!
This is one of my favorite videos so far!👏🏻👍🏻🥋
You are in troubles if this what you enjoy
love the comments , GOOD MEN are doctors ,nurses that save lives , soldiers that are so brave to do as they do , not people that terrorize people kill people , mame people for money gain . Get a grip on reality but you won't ever so lost in your own self portail of your self . It's totally sad to watch people like this to think of them selves as such as they portray but shows them 100%
Doctors and nurses have slent the last 3 years murdering innocent people in hospitals under the guise of Covid.
Looks like they've had their fair share of Quality Street.
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These blokes were no joke in there day they were very clever and organised men
Working class background bloke's done good.
@@user-kl4bh4lq6r Nevertheless, their diet seems unhealthy.
Shaun Ryder's let himself go.
Lool
Ryder is even uglier lol
Lol people do get old bud
As has Uncle Fester bless im
I just saw Shaun Ryder on telly .
He actually looks more decrepit than this guy ?!!
Great documentary bernard 👏
Nice job Bernie. ty 4 vid
Funny thing is most of these ‘gangsters’ end up as sad old men
All men do
Hahaha
Like yourself
@@dianewarburton5828 yes but I never thought I was a ‘gangster’
the lucky ones
Fear and "respect" are not the same thing.
100% Right Respect Is Earned 👍
To be fair, fear is also earned.
@@vlork666 No. Fear is inflicted. Respect is earned.
@@markaxworthy2508 respect is not earned, it’s given. You give people respect, everyone you meet. Until they give you reason to do otherwise. Treat people accordingly
@@irishninja2009 In theory I agree with you. In an ideal world one should respect people until they disappoint one. However, in the practical world one is better advised to remain neutral until they show their true character. It is their actions (and ours) that decide the nature of ongoing relations, including any respect..
Great video 🍿
The Greatness of a Person and success of a person, can be measured, by the positive influence they have on those around them .
Quote ' Bob Marley '
This 👆🏼👌🏼♥️
Where are the rollers, the yachts? These guys haven't got a skateboard or a rubber dingy between them
Looks like they are fantasists. If they were big in the world of crime and successful. Why are they all broke
More likely to be seen on a mobility scooter
Aaaahaha x
I can't believe they're doing interviews that's unheard of. Philadelphia USA
@@honorladone8682 crime gangs ect its all over the globe mate there's properly gangs under the sea lol, no on a real not these guys are still around because in there world they did it right they must of done , I say been a gangster makes no sence its a dead end street so much hurt and destruction so many tears these days a good 80% at the end are all hurting in side there self's, God bless you mate,
It’s the ones you never hear about who are the best.
Sadly there are very few we don't know about these days thanks to the advancement of technology and the breakthrough that was Encrochat and things, not unless you're talking about people like individual Cartel + Mafia + Bike club members that only kick it in the shadows etc. I agree to a certain extent though, gangsters are gentlemen, they don't need to show off, they know what they have and keep it humble. Knowledge is power and they use years of it to get what they want from behind the scenes. Investing, property ownership and development, business ownership the majority of which are major fronts and facades we probably pay money into every day. Its scary, when you actually experience it, meet those people and share their scars, knowledge and personal experiences, you realize they're just like everyone else with a side job that just happens to be illegal
Great subject. I like your channel.
Good story well made video 👌🏻
No mention of the beef they had with roses? And no mention of how the miniature heroes and celebrations took over their turf years later!!
The second I hear B O M's voice I reach for a shovel full of salt........ "Gangsters, or faces as they prefer to be known " mmmm who conducted that poll ? Mori ? You Gov ? blah blah fecking blah.....
They are two primary chioces in life===To accept conditions as they exist, or to accept the responsibility for changing them🥺🥺❤️
It takes unreasonable men to change the world
Nothing heroic about crime
@@littlefishy6316 it’s ok for banks businesses and government’s to steal and kill though
Organized crime keeps the status quo in place and keeps the whole area down. If you want change, you need to put your energy into improving the conditions for everybody, not just grabbing a bigger piece of the cake for yourself.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"
Ubellend
Have to speak up, I'm a bit mutt & Jeff, mate!
@@arricammarques1955 TURN IT ON I'LL GIVE YOU A 60 % DISCOUNT !
@@stephenowens3687 DONT MENTION THE WAR !
“ never took a penny of a working man” no you just nicked the wages he needed to feed his family
He’s dead now. Was shot.
Rubbish that's all insured mate. Instead of going in on this bike wjy don't you go in on the psychopathic Jews who are engineering their Jewish noahide world order and genociding Amalek aka all non Jewish white people.
don't matter HOW TOUGH YOU ARE there is always someone round the corner to get you.
The grim reaper.
Ronnie pickering
sounds like a song ...
The Wealdstone Raider.......You want some? I'll give it ya!
@@jakeburns7331 Everyone has a plan until they meet The Wealdstone Raider.
Same happened when they came to Newcastle and the Conroys sent them packing. Krays are massively overhyped because theyre London based and we live in a London centric country.
Knew them personally did you? 😂😂😂
@@user-yp6nn9vy5x yes
Thank you my sister and I had hell living in Clayton with the mods and skinheads my grandad Louie worked at Smithfield Market and the QSG sorted it.💙💙💙
“gangsters” from Every major city claim to have sent the Krays packing 😂
Nothing to be proud of and only good in a gang . Jimmy the weed is a legend in his own mind. He has done really well in life a council house in whythenshawe
They work for Richardson gang in London in 60s They had a club in CATFORD Mr smith's
It’s no life , a Bronx tale sums it up . A real man works for a living and fights capital and the bosses .
Word has it the Quality street gang were in Fear of the Roses gang especially once they started moving to cardboard packaging 📦
Wait until the celebrations gang turns up mate 👀😐🤣😂
Class crack
@@EnzoMakaveliProductions Oh its all over then man 👨 🤕🤯☠️
@@DG-EditsYT 🤣😂💀
In the end none of them were Hereos and there were no Celebrations..
John Stalker was an honourable and effective police officer who got too close to the truth and surprise,surprise he was fitted up and destroyed by higher ups who had lots to hide.
Always the same he was let into something and uncovered to many truths that the establishment didn't want people to know, Hence his sudden departure from the said investigation
John Stalker may you rest in peace and thank you for your worthwhile work on this earth.
I have always believed John Stalker was straight, and more senior law enforcement covered their arses at his cost.
Jews and puppets who work for the jew
Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!
Open your curtains mate, the Pandemic was over about a year ago now.
@@Paul-mj1hq LOL 😆😆😆 Maybe he's in China
Krays were never sent packing. Not in Manchester Liverpool Newcastle or anywhere. All local myths.
I lived in 6 different cities throughout the UK during my life.
In every city I've heard the claim that 'the Krays were ran out of...'
As with the vast majority of stories relating to crime, the stories were lies.
@Maradonaldinho heard similar in sea side town on Merseyside was a club here that they was meant to be putting their bandit machines in but never happened can’t remember the full story
Yes It's not true, my Grandad was involved with these crowds. He was very close friends with Jimmy swords and QSG his whole life before Jimmy died. Great to hear stories
Fear is never respect.
Every Xmas at our house turf war always breaks out between the quality street gang and the celebrations gang very messy naughty naughty stuff the purple quality street is a proper top boy nutter
would you be interested in doing a documentary?
@@davidmyles9967 what a chocumentary?
@@davebolan8828 touche! i have have friends in the media business. i mite try and organise the chocumentary. please just let all the relevant parties behave naturally, just as they would if there was no cameras in the house. dont tone down or tone up the agro if and when it breaks out. we will keep it as real as we can. just let the camera crew settle in over the festive period and and if a barney breaks out on december 24 or december 28, just let it happen. david attenborough style, without interfering or taking sides. i can smell a BAFTA.
Lol this vid is a load of crap as real as the green quality street triangle grr 🔺no green triangle
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Every town and city in the uk someone met the Krays off the train and *sent them packing*
Blackpool police & local gangsters were rumoured to have got together & met the Krays at the train station & sent them back to London!
@@youverynicemanyeh ok 😂
No one turned them back from Sevenoaks .
Every town has a myth about how the local hard man sent the Krays packing when they got off the train, even Reggie laughed about it and said they never ever travelled by train. The other myth every town has is that their local council estate is the biggest in Europe.
Wythenshawe does have the largest council estate in Europe, thats a fact.
Agreed. It looks like every place they visited they were sent packing. Of course they were. I bet every city they went to,the local hard men were all over them. Wanting to be seen with the krays
I can reliably tell you the Brandsholme estate in Hull is Europe's largest social housing estate. Never lived there personally,mind
@@sas2300 I think you will find that Gateshead has the largest
Becontree is the largest.........in the world!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_council_estates_in_the_United_Kingdom
Ah, the colorful characters with their often embellished stories. Wound up windbags. Cheers!🥂
Nothing but has been s,bragging 🙄
Kens a 🐐 we need another ken
The Whalley Range was never a hotel, it was actually called The Clifton Grange, it was a "digs" for entertainers during the sixties. Phyllis was the landlady and owner, with partner Dennis. There was a bar in the digs where entertainers unwound after shows in Manchester clubs. This covered the period 1964 to 1969, and never saw much gangster activity though Phyllis was obviously well connected with the underworld, but in what capacity, who knows. Phil was around, but a very young lad at the time who lived primarily in Ireland and came over for visits.
The pub shown in this video was called the Whalley, at the top of Upper Chorlton Road, now closed. There is/was no such place as the Whalley Range Hotel. The place he refers to is actually called the Carlton Club, in Whalley Range. still open and trading.
These guys turned Goldilocks away from the 3 Bears House, plenty of claret spilt but not one spoon of porridge dropped, man that was a heavy day with plenty of shit in the woods, it was like NAM back there man 😂.
Well the krays ran the mafia out of London so
Gangsters bully's more like, our Jimmy don't seem to be living the life of luxury does he
your spot on thats down to the fact their fully blown narcissit everything about controling
what going on outside of them though means of manipulation they cant go with the flux of life like normal people
they got a internal power struggle going on so they project their feeling of dispowerment out on to their victims
and inturn it make them feel more enpowered
Maybe true, but ppl are only "bullies" if you allow them to be, you say this on here but in person you wouldn't have that audacity.
@@LJ-MMA don't be so stupid, first off I live in Ireland and second I wouldn't have a problem saying it to his face, if I get a slap so be it if I give him a few slaps so be it
@@nicholasmolloy7343 haha, sure
8:17 his knackers look sore af!
😏
Classic old drunk in the pub who no one believes vibes
I lived in Manchester in the late 80s , it was the most violent place I have ever lived. Horrible era of my life. I have no time for bigging up these people
Hahaha shoot out across the bus in moss side on my home to Chorlton. Great!!!
@@BLUEMONDAY99 u wally. come to cardiff.
@@jayneryan6395 Why, Cardiff is super safe/soft place to live. Can walk anywhere, any time of day. Great place to live
Well said ,im a manc and it was and still is a shit hole
@@BLUEMONDAY99 spoken like a true see you next Tuesday - bet you live in Mosside or Harpurhey and vote UKIP
The first guy lol bit the guys knees. Top man couldn’t look down on anybody. Quality street yeah the soft centre 🍬🍬🍬🍬
Was the Don Tony they talk of, the one Peter Kay played in 24 Hour Party People?
yes it was r i p don don had the band ub 40 on at his club the russell in manchester every second sunday b4 they were famous don was a gentleman 😁
You only hear about these guys because they were the ones who got caught...not very bright. The real villains keep a low profile.
Although I was only a kid at the time the pub on our estate was run by a qsg member, there was never any mither and he organised lots of social events including a fundraising football match in aid of Aberfan. Later on I worked for a few of the lads, I was never short of work and always paid extra at Christmas, I was part of a core of tradesmen and we all worked well together
I can only say all the people I worked for were honorable and served the local community well.
They didn't see the krays off as such,the krays came to Manchester and left because the police was monitoring their every move.
Correct and even stated so by the leg end himself Sir Weed in his book QUOTE :: " In his autobiography 'The Boys Are Back In Town', notorious QSG member Jimmy 'The Weed' Donnelly explained how the popular version of events is "cobblers" and in fact The Krays were friendly, and it was the police who confronted the twins and told them to "behave themselves" before they left Manchester peacefully the next day "
John Stalker was straight unlike a lot of others.
At 16.02 did anyone else recognise Peter Fury . Boxing trainer and Tyson Furys uncle ?
Looks like him
Manchester boxing scene for ya
Peter fury was and still is a face and very respected man in underworld circles to this day
Every gangsta gets old..🤘
Everyone gets old sadly lol. Unless they die young
I remember that incident with the apples
I remember the Salford riots, i was living in Little Hulton at the time.
I remember a police van getting shot up and Granada Reports interviewing a community spokesman, Paul Massey. I nearly spat my brew out!
My Grandad knew the Krays but they didn't give him any grief. He was known as The Butcher of Walthamstow....true story, he worked in a butchers, in Walthamstow. 😉😉
was he in that gang run by Albert The Grocer
@@juracalling2471 I don’t remember any grocers being in it but there was a baker and a candlestick maker
Everyone in the east end knew the Krays
My cat knew john gottis hamster
@@GuinessOriginal So we've solved it. It was Mad Frankie The Gerbil in the library with a candlestick cor blimey bully beef and knees up mavver brarrrrn
Wheres does it mention the krays being sent packin
When i used to go to the twisted wheel only a few years ago 2016 ish we where in Monroes Pub near the railway station ,when a local Manchester old guy pointed out some smart old ladies that he said where the wife's of the Quality street gang ..
My old man in the picture at the start 👍🏻
There’s nothing like a video with Manchester in its title to bring the scouse chip 🍟 out.
@gaz riley
I can't help but think they weren't successful at all. Being in trouble and locked away aged 12 - being locked up becoming a constant event. To me that means failure because they were caught.
Was the comments section uploaded one month ago also 🤔
I ask as it's helping someone get through the pandemic ....
Barker what a character! I was the same. Fair play to him good man.
What scrotes because that is what these people on this series are .People going out working for living while these go out thieving and robbing
@@diehard21000 Scrotes...Eaton putdown
@@proinseasokiellig4388 yea scrotes
Ive met em and locked some of em up. No more a gang than im a dutchman. Ive been to compton in LA they would have em for dinner !!
When you live by the sword you live with the feeling of cold steel on your neck
your a poet
it's a gift
get my drift
it's a Russ Abbot quote
Peter Kay played Don Toney in 24 hour party people lol its got to be the same bloke.
most interesting - Salford story
When living in Manchester in Oldham prior to moving to Ashton under Lynn , I only heard more about this gang who frequently was seen in local pubs . I always held duel citizenship , American / British since birth attending schools in both countries. I was warned to stay away from them and for the most part i did. I ended fighting two who attacked my girlfriend after coming back from my deployment first and after that, they no longer messed with the family thankfully. All they have is more of a thug reputation then anything.
Q
His kids own GioGoi,
I can't imagine they ain't still making bucks.
The QSG were in business even back then.
You're talking utter shit. Two of the QSG attacked your girlfriend 🤔 Yeah alright. Turn it in you complete fantasist. And they didn't have a reputation as thugs..they dealt with their own kind..not the everyday man..and certainly not women.
@@MrBollocks10 wow, I did not know they owned GioGoi. Yes I would need to agree with you totally!
I was growing up in Ducky at the time , joinedcthe army to escape that shit
To my understanding Jimmy The Weed was named that because he sold cannabis and it was frowned upon by the original members of the QSG. It was used in a disparaging way. Drugging up the children of the families they knew in the areas they lived in wasn’t a way they were going to make money. A good portion of the money that the members of the QSG got through criminal activity was funnelled into legitimate businesses (granted not always run in a legitimate manner). Some lost money and run business into the ground. Some died wealthy as respectable hoteliers and boxing promoters.
My mate's old fella was a friend of one of the QSG- can't recall who it was. He went to his house asking for money- his dad had none to give. A lot of the talk about these people is BS. How successful could he have been to have to resort to asking someone he didn't even know that well, to lend him a couple of grand?
the quality street gang were a joke really,named after a quality street advert absolute joke in manchester
He literally told you where he got his name but you seem to know better than the man himself.....🙄
And now alot of them live in Cheshire and the nicer bits of south Manchester. Turns out funnelling money into businesses worked out well.
Was cannabis called 'weed' back then, when nearly everything available was hash? Correct me if I'm wrong, I live in the south but 'weed' only became a saying here a good while after the skunk took over in the 90s. Before that cannabis was called pot, gear, puff or draw but never ever weed. Weed itself was always called 'grass' until 92 or later, and then was called skunk as a generic term whatever the actual strain. I'd say maybe 95 before weed became the only or main phrase used ..
Well, he got in the same ring as Fulgencio Obelmejias, but the ref stopped the fight after 190 seconds...
Paul Massey, interviewed here, blue jacket, was shot dead by Mark Fellows in 2015 after Massey allegedly put a failed hit on Fellows.
Massey was a peacekeeping man
The Krays got chased out of Liverpool in 1966
No mention of sending the Krays packing , clickbait
True but I come fro. This area and since I was a kid there was the story that the krays came up north and were made to turn back on the m6 as it was then by the bands in town. I always considered it an urban legend as all towns /city’s have , but maybe it was true?
@@nez9751.. Nah!!!.. It's from folklore!!!. I'm from Ardwick, these boys were tough... The streets were a lot safer for the straights in those days, nowadays its way more dangerous to walk the streets after a certain time.....
I thought Ronnie Pickering would be starring in this video.
My god I nearly brought the whalley pub!!
Apparently Sheffield's underworld did the same in the sixties
I love Quality Street, they’re my favourite chocolates 🍫👍
Every provincial city in England has got some myth about sending the Krays packing.
Personally I don't think being a thief is anything for anyone to be proud of and I don't see why its ever the responsibility of others to teach you not to be a thief and a criminal. Those are your choices you make, when you decide to become a leech on society. Being poor doesn't mean you have to make these choices.
holy shit i have the exact same brass duck head cane topper right now in my house here in canada ......... love from hamilton ontario canada
I preferred Cadbury`s Roses
Dont all laugh at once everybody💩
No documentary about the adams brothers not even by the main media
How about the Futerells and Asonis at the battle of snow hill station in Birmingham
All that life of crime , and he lives in a shitty council flat , must be well chuffed with his life .
I believe every word that these all say...honest.
I wish I could’ve understood every word! 🤣
@@smugandsmarmy Good 0ne..!! 😅
@@smugandsmarmy Manchester accent is the most common accent in Britain mate , godbless you
@dogs aren't dangerous I always thought it was mate,
@dogs aren't dangerous yeah true mate,
"Living the life" It's different than the USA. Yet still interviewing members. Unheard of. Philadelphia USA
Habitual lying throughout.
And it blows my mind how in the same sentence he can say “we weren’t feared, we were loved” and “everyone knew if they crossed us, they would get hurt”.
Wow gee I wonder why you got free dinners
No trouble.. there was no trouble.. 🙄 1min before his scruffy lookin brother is saying he’s been involved in all sorts.. honestly, why these guys think they’re good people is beyond me..
Proud to be a criminal.wow you should be proud . Maybe one day someone you love or care about gets hurt then you can be really happy.
I heard the Green Triangle was the one you didn't mess with!..Him and the Caramel Centre would come round and kick your head in....lol!.
I get the feeling Ken Keating was into magic, some kind of wizard or something
Quality street gang (everything was made for sharing )😂
The Roses tried to take over their turf but had two many soft centres..!
Krays the myth 2 fuken nanceys richardsons summed them ryte up💯
The Realest Criminals you won’t hear about or see talking on TH-cam
They were renound as being particularly aggressive at Christmas time
Still waiting for them to send the Krays packing.
Have a job they're dead
Krays were wimps.
Wishful drinking at best, mate.