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Etymology
The popular origin of the name Peaky
Blinder is said to be derived from the
practice of gang members stitching
disposable razor blades into the peaks of
their flat caps which could then be used as
weapons. However, as the Gillette
company only introduced the first
replaceable safety razor system in 1903 in
America, and it was not until 1908 that the
first factory manufacturing them in Great
Britain opened, this version of the name is
considered apocryphal.[1]
History
See also
The Birmingham Boys, also known as
the Brummagem Boys
References
1. Chamberlain, Zoe (15 October 2014).
"The TRUTH Behind the Peaky Blinders" .
Birmingham Mail.
2. "Peaky Blinders: Was there a real-life
Tommy Shelby?" . The Week UK. Retrieved
30 December 2017.
3. "Victorian gang who terrorised the streets
of Birmingham" . Mail Online. Retrieved
30 December 2017.
4. "The REAL Peaky Blinders... Inside the
criminal gang that inspired the BBC series" .
The Sun. 20 December 2017. Retrieved
30 December 2017.
5. Halls, Eleanor. "The Peaky Blinders are a
romanticised myth" . Retrieved
30 December 2017.
6. Ugolini, Laura (2007). Men and
Menswear: Sartorial Consumption in Britain
1880–1939. Ashgate. p. 42.
7. Bradley, Michael (12 September 2013).
"Birmingham's real Peaky Blinders" . BBC
News. West Midlands.
8. Egner, Jeremy (21 December 2017).
" 'Peaky Blinders': The Disparate Ingredients
of a Cult Hit" . The New York Times.
ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 30 December
2017.
9. "Carl Chinn – The real 'Peaky Blinders' |
History West Midlands" . historywm.com.
Retrieved 30 December 2017.
10. Moonman, Eric (1987). The Violent
Society. F. Cass. p. 36.
11. Thompson, Paul (1992). Edwardians:
The Remaking of British Society. Routledge.
p. 50.
12. Archive, The British Newspaper.
"Register | British Newspaper Archive" .
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
Retrieved 18 November 2018.
13. McCarthy, Nick (11 September 2013).
"Meet the real Peaky Blinders..."
birminghammail. Retrieved 30 December
2017.
14. Larner, Tony (1 August 2010). "When
Peaky Blinders Ruled Streets with Fear".
Sunday Mercury. p. 14.
15. "Baby-faced gang terrorised
Birmingham in 1880s with razors in caps" .
The Sun. 30 October 2017. Retrieved
30 December 2017.
16. Bradley, Michael (12 September 2013).
"Birmingham's real Peaky Blinders" . BBC
News. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
17. "Archived copy" . Archived from the
original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved
18 January 2018.
18. Barley, Nick (2001). "The Times -
London A-Z Series No.1 (A Sample....) "G for
Gangland London" " . The Times. Archived
from the original on 30 December 2006.
Retrieved 6 December 2006.
19. Shore, Heather (2001). "Undiscovered
Country': Towards A History Of The Criminal
'Underworld' " . School of Cultural Studies:
Leeds Metropolitan University. Archived
from the original (.doc) on 29 September
2007. Retrieved 6 December 2006.
20. "Game of Thrones star joins Peaky
Blinders cast" . independent.co.uk. 29
March 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
21. "Peaky Blinders" . bclm.co.uk. Black
Country Living Museum. Retrieved
12 November 2017.
External links
Birmingham's real Peaky Blinders (BBC
News, 2013-09-12)
Birmingham's Peaky Blinders - in fact...
and fiction (Birmingham Mail, 2013-09-
12)
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