Jimmy Spinks : ‘A Man Of VIOLENCE' Full Documentary
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- Jimmy Spinks was a legendary figure in London's underworld. Uncle of great fighting man Leny McLean, Jimmy was the man who Lenny looked up to and was the hardest man to come out of Hoxton. In this documentary, we look at some of his epic battles and the darker myths we have found surrounding the man... #mattlegg #yammybtv #jimmyspinks #hoxton #thekrays #royshaw
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One of my uncles and Jimmy Spinks were mates and Jimmy would sometimes be at family parties. As a boy, I remember him as a quiet man, sipping a beer and having a dance. One of my older cousins said "Uncle Jim used to let me count the scars on his face".
Love that brilliant 👏
Another great video pal. Your careful research and delivery of these stories is truly amazing.
Just watched again , quality. I met a guy in Stoke Newington who was Billy Hills tic tac man, his name was Jack Josephs . He told me a story about an old wealthy spinster trying to place a bet on the Kings horse in a race and 2 or 3 bookmakers declined her bet. Apparently she approached Bill and told him to offer half a point bigger than any of the others and she would back him and Bill never looked back. This Jack lied about his age to go and fight in the somme WW1. He was also a boxer he told me he would sometimes have 3 fights a night for the coffers people would throw into the ring, he also fought the World champ at his weight but not for the title. The Boxing Board used to send cars for him to attend do's right into his nineties. A real character RIP.
Missed your story telling. Always found them interesting and informative. Pleased you are back. Rock on.
Thankyou mate
Thank you for making this video of my great grandad
It's a pleasure what a man . A legend to be sure enjoyed researching him 🙏
Top documentary... well researched...and well presented... Keep them coming boss
Lenny McLean's uncle, he surpassed Lenny in legendary violence! His face resembled a road map, all crisscrossed razor stripes, testament to the fact that no one would face him without stool and/or a mob. The story about the cat was in fact an act by another hardman called Wassle Newman, he was as legendary but less well known. He would be harder to research but interesting mate!
Interesting thanks mate
Bang on , I think the story about the cat as been attached to a few men including timmy hayes
I heard back in the sixties the birch was used on tucker noonan...it was reintroduced on tucker noonan... after he slashed a prison Barber...
I was just about to mention wassel. My grandad worked for him as a boy, would tell me stories all the time of how he punched a hole in a tea urn. And the cat story
@@enquirer2.0 can you do a video about John Mario. Cunningham,
Born an raised In Hoxton ❤ we all know the legend
Well told always well-researched look forward to your next video
Regards
Steve UK London
Fair play mate that was put together and researched amazingly. 👍🏻.
Thankyou mate
Really enjoyed this great work.
Well researched mate, great work!🥊
Much appreciated thankyou
I remember being told of some tales of old Jimmy including one where he put an eye out of an old bill in Soho, Lenny's next door neighbours were my in laws the infamous Hanmore family 13 kids in a tiny 2 up 2 down and eldest Wally was part of the firm, his next brother down fed up with bashing folks in pubs became a celebrated SAS soldier, dunno much about the girls in the family but they all fought like cats in a sack between each other. Wally and I used to go down Brick Lane on a sunday to have some tea with Pop and Tony Burns, I knew Tony from a favour I did him some time prior and we'd talk trash with the faces who would appear for a brew at Pop's stall. Wally back in the day was known for owning a Ford Galaxie big black thing it was.
Great Post mate wud love hear more about the sas guy
Cheers for the history, much appreciated.
Thank you great post.
Another good piece mate, really good research 👍
Know all the family well ..
Fascinating stuff. You clearly put a lot of research into this one. Thank you!
Thankyou mate
Yeah proper research
Fascinating stuff very well researched and put over well
Thankyou
Keep up the good work. Thoroughly enjoying your documentary’s 👍🏻
Excellent research and very interesting. Love this channel.
Thanks mate really appreciated
Great video mate,enjoyed it .
Thankyou mate
This is brilliant,well researched.👍
Thankyou mate
Brilliant video bro. Done some good research on that well done mate, just shows how stories can alter throughout the yrs, but excellent work in finding accurate information Ben, that’s an excellent passion u have. Keep up the outstanding work have a decent day👊❤️✌️
Thankyou my friend
Top research
Elephant and castle mob were given a big mention ,by another major vlogger on here and rated very highly ,for violence so with this man taking them on ,from what I heard sounds insane but what do I know ,spinks must of been truly a top top man thanks for your time ,with this very good presentation mate .
Yes mate serious firm mcdonald brothers they went to America got involved with the mob fascinating
@@enquirer2.0 yeah at times some lads are as they say , different gravy no fear about them a lot to do with how there brought up ,I think to be honest .
Style never goes out of fashion
Another interesting vid mate..👍🏻💯💯
Great video ,
Great video as always mate, especially the research you put in with this!
Before I read the comments, I was going to say that when I used to be on Facebook, I remember seeing a few comments or posts about Jimmy Spinks from some of his family and one of them posted here, which has got to be nice after the work you put in for this. Great job in dispelling the murder rumour too!
Great reporting... missed his stories when he went missing for a while. Fantastic he is back with great stories...
Thanks a lot much appreciated
Top research!!
@@leehutchinson1170 well said!!!
Enjoyed that ,cheers .
Thanks mate
Unbelievable Mr E your a legend my friend, this was out of this world,real,real quality and that must of took some digging,
research and hours and hours of rabbit holes and dead ends and you still come up with the goods on a man that wasn't! Now that's the sort of man that if your in that game you definatley want to test yourself to your scared,fear,
adrenaline limit and see what you got? (Not much against that gorilla (who speaks) but there's something inside of a man that is only.alive when he thinks he's beat? yeah that was some man in every sense of the word he came from the gut of what a gladiator through up after winning his freedom,pure,unadulterated mix of every violent senses the head and bowel have gotta release! what man should be?
has to be!
One of my favourite drops so far (and you've done some mighty work in the last 6-8month especially) thankyou for your time and work for the product Ben it's really appreciated and I know I've said this before and it's sounds a bit cheese but you've built a special product and regular, but i can't get enough delivery's (I'm gonna have to book into 12 steps if you carry on with this swag 😊
anyone that isn't in or getting in on this channel now are gonna miss epic reporting and art of story telling and a channel in the making of greatness in this space 4'real' truly
Mr E you have found your calling and ya don't even need to crack a skull,take a hit or mind a door, you deserve it Ben you've got a mental grafting string to ya bow,take care Buddy.
🔮🗣📢💻📲🦈👀🧠🌐🎨🎭🎙
Too kind of you to say I always look forward to your comments they do wonders to inspire me!
@@enquirer2.0 I can only be myself Ben...don't know any other way and its always been my way (apart from obvious duckhead,
arrogant, littlman behaviour slips over the years but that wasn't me, that man got evicted outta my place a while back! (I don't know why I kept letting him live at mine rent free lol) but seriously Mr E Channel is a godsend and your message that shines through true as day n night is one of ?? (Well real recognises real but I'm trying stay in that lane but you sort of replace that reality addiction to what you speak of.. into a virtual fix so it's more than you think or even intended probably but it's because it's got your stamp,your product and that you are real who speak about the real... wish you good in your journey always,love to see real ones get some reward for being just that! Godbless you and ya li over ones and the channel
Brilliant
@@TG-oo9se
Thanks Tommy god bless you
Brother✌🏽
Great video mate very informative must of took a lot of research
It did thanks a lot mate appreciated
enjoyed that mate 👊💥 really outstanding 🦾
Jimmy sounds like the real deal 💣
Glad you enjoyed it mate right legend in my book
Great to hear these stories they were tough times that these people lived through. I enjoyed the history the east end was a rough place to live only the strong survived. Cheers Ben 👍🏻
I've never heard of him so this was fascinating.
Thankyou 🙏
Fascinating is right, and I can guarantee people today would need guns for him..he was a one man army, and I bet he was hard as he was clever..ffs your postman handy back then
@@derekoshaughnessy9809woman beating bully
@@Andy-uw9cg Different times, everyone beat women back then..Men weren't even voting back then. That was for rich and we'll off people. London was in shit back then and they took it all home, same as Dublin. It was what it was like it or not.
@@derekoshaughnessy9809 I'm your cousins Spencers? mate, Tommy nicholls 🍀 luton, nice one
I wish you could read the whole book of some of these guys, your a great storyteller that does a excellent job at reading, your got the voice for it ,,, as for Jimmy seems to be a cruel barsted , put a defenceless animal into a deep fryer , l wouldn’t give a crap who he was he would of had a clever stuck in his head .
Keep up the great work , l really look forward to your videos
Thanks mate I've found out it wasn't jimmy who did the cat it was another guy from the area I've been told
Leon Spinks was named after Jimmy
I never heard of Jimmy spinks , good video tho 👍 stay safe
my grandad i remember being with him down hoxton and meeting all the faces ,he died on 7 September 1964 age 54 buried in abney park
What a character
Spinks a Scottish name and I know of a family down Arbroath .
They own boats,Fish processors and shop owners.
A good name they have but during the Cod Wars the story goes they cleaved the front of Ships and my ma is from Arbroath area and my granda had a farm and I remember working with Siddy Spinks ,the man was 5:4 tops and raw power ,I saw him hold the front of my granda,s Princess car at the front up and hold it long enough for a wheel off and on and the first nut run on a thread.
Must be a family thing mate .
You said you were turning the channel up in ‘24’ and what a start pal 👏🏴
Yeah your story reminds me on a lower level of ex pat Scottish name ,gunn and here in blackpool there's a few gunny's I used to hang out ,with John Gunn in 80 s when football hooliganism was at it's hight ,and we ran into bigger numbers at time home and away ,following blackpool fc and when it kicked off or before ,John Gunn mainly and sometimes brother harry were first in ,no matter what the numbers and a similar family with few brothers ,though born in blackpool were the Sutherland's who are equally as game ,I believe Sutherland is a Scottish surname going back in time too 👊
Thankyou mate very kind
What about the black boxer Michael spinks...any relation...
@@GaryHynes-im5di Leon Spinks!
You gotta do Timmy Robinson.
He was lennies great uncle, lennies mums mum was jimmys sister
I've just read an indepth article called Bethnal Green tales about dodger mullins by Richard Edmunds online and it's a brilliant read and it says that the character pinky brown in the book Brighton rock is based on Jimmy spinks, when you get time read that mate it's got all the characters in it and pictures alf Solomon the sabinis and the krays dad and grandad and Billy Hill loads of them mate
Yes mate I've read it fascinating read I'm gonna do a video on dodger.
Billy Hill
5"9 and 20 stone! He must have been a walking Tank!
Great information as usual. I live near Lewes and its pronounced loo iss not loo's not being funny just thought id mention it. I have enormous Respect for you and love your podcasts.
Thanks Steve always happy to be corrected in a polite way. Much appreciate your support
More stories of the race course gangs would be a good shout
Someone you wouldn't piss on if he was on fire, different times .
Hoxton - North East London! same as Hackney!
He used to work for dodger mullens and timmy hayes as an heavy, like lenny he aways had a boss
I've put dodger in here
@enquirer2.0 sorry I hadn't watch it all. At the time I made the comment, you got it pretty much nailed, very much love your content, thank u
@@roberthayes4912 Thankyou mate glad u enjoyed
Comments not appearing version 3. Bobby Cummines said he did it. (Cat in a fryer). It’s the done thing in those parts, like a meatier mars bar.
30 on to one??
Interesting. 'Lewes', is pronounced, 'Lewis'.
Thankyou mate
@@enquirer2.0 👍
It’s ironic that he was a bully .. so was Lenny , must have been in the genes
Most of these so called hardmen nut cases are .
Oldskool tough guys
It's pronounced LEWIS 👍
Thanks mate
Jimmy was a 10 man job
He killed a cat for badness.....Evil bastard.
That rumour was wrong it was someone else I've found out
@@enquirer2.0 My Apologies
My Apologies
Nowadays it's migrants rules
Living in the Past ... . ! 😂 Now its Albanias - Arabs 😂😂😂😂 LDN Gangsters Dead = 1970
Protected by old bill like the groomers
You obviously don't live in London
@@grahamjonathan762 No I live in Dublin but family have a bungalow in South end. No offense but hate London now, I just go to Colchester when I'm over there. "No go areas" fcuk that..they'd tried that here, but they were already no go areas.. Albanians think they're the only ones who've suffered conflict, we all suffered it. They're just allowed to get away with it. They were hit so bad were I grew up they moved straight into CityCenter like rats. Very disappointed with the British of today, It was you lot who ran the world once..not the ponces who the credit! No wonder lots of you lot are moving here.
Cat in the fryer? Turned off after that, what a loser.