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Peaky Blinders and Scuttlers

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Teddy Boys, Mods and Rockers and Punks are all familiar to us, but what of the Victorian Peaky Blinders and Scuttlers and the later Napoo, Redskins and Bowler Hats? Were these street gangs the precursors of modern youth cults?
Steve Humphries investigates. The Hooligan Song and Three Peaky Blinders are performed by Roy Hudd DON SHEARMAN (piano)
Readers MICHAEL TUDOR-BARNES
BRIAN HEWLETT and ANTHONY JACKSON Producer JUDE HOWELLS
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.5pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Humphries
Unknown:
Roy Hudd
Piano:
Don Shearman
Readers:
Michael Tudor-Barnes
Readers:
Brian Hewlett
Readers:
Anthony Jackson
Producer:
Jude Howells
Source: Radio Times

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