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Gangs of London - East Enders

The next stop on the gangsta train is East London. This is the type of stuff that gives Guy Richie boners at night and is the basis for all of his horrible ideas. It's the place where criminals gave each other cheeky little nicknames like "The Hoof" or "The Fork". It was something easy for journos (always as lazy as possible) to latch on to, and public interest spiked in the 60s when they were viewed as pseudo-celebrities. Too bad most of them died horrible, bloody deaths. These guys took full advantage of the deteriorated social conditions of Europe after World War II, participating in everything from slanging drugs, to robbery, to counterfeiting. Sounds ace, innit?