Peaky Blinders

[Baron Kurtz]

Which dates? I suspect that the dates in the 40s and 50s at the bottom are "deceased" dates. The date in the middle (all of them 1904, here) are the date of arrest, with the offense given below that date. Two for "stealing (?) bikes" (1 month, and 2 months in jail), one for "shop breaking" (8 months), and the last for "false pretences" (fraud of some kind yielding 3 months in jail). The pictures are no doubt from 1904.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Yes, so they are far earlier than the series and not really useful for Cap comparsions.

I guess the customers took more inspiration from the sydney mugshots.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Yes, that's what I thought.

I love the DB waistcoat second from left …

 

[herringbonekid]

i'm not sure why they moved the date forward to 1919. here's some background info on the real life stories:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ies-brutal-brazen-pre-war-Birmingham-Mob.html

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I wonder what the Daily Mail thought of pseudo-fascist gangs at the time?

 

[HudsonHawk]

Which dates? I suspect that the dates in the 40s and 50s at the bottom are "deceased" dates. The date in the middle (all of them 1904, here) are the date of arrest, with the offense given below that date. Two for "stealing (?) bikes" (1 month, and 2 months in jail), one for "shop breaking" (8 months), and the last for "false pretences" (fraud of some kind yielding 3 months in jail). The pictures are no doubt from 1904.

I can't imagine the numbers at the bottom are any sort of date, as they make no sense if they are. They appear to just be some sort of sequential numbering of the mugshots.

 

[AntonAAK]

'i think i smell a rat' and 'st. james infirmary'.

the first one in particular seemed out of place in the context of the scene.

Thanks. I agree, I can see the second one working better (almost regardless of the scene). Not seen the show yet though.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I think you're right. I had thought it said 1950, but on relooking it says 1750 (etc) which would be insane.

I can't imagine the numbers at the bottom are any sort of date, as they make no sense if they are. They appear to just be some sort of sequential numbering of the mugshots.

 

[esteban68]

I'd hazard a guess the last 'date' on the cards would be 1952...I think they're just sequential numbers?...I enjoyed episode 2, as for getting the topside in the 'gypsy' camp well I guess you don't get to be the top gang in the area by being nice?

 

[Two Types]

as for getting the topside in the 'gypsy' camp well I guess you don't get to be the top gang in the area by being nice?

The last people I knew of to cause trouble in a gypsy camp got out of there damn fast (they almost knocked me off my bike). When they finally got out of prison, they didn't dare show their faces back in town. Lucky to get out alive would be my thought.

 

[herringbonekid]

Stiff collar without a tie/bowtie strikes me as illogical. Wearing a stiff collar is more of a fuss than binding a tie?

i just looked through the 'Crooks Like Us' book and there are several examples of stiff collars without ties. this is one:

i bet it was on the Peaky Blinders mood board (he even has the severe short sides).

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Bludger. I love the annotations in/on those books/plates.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I am really liking the series. The barmaid is a bit anachronistic and stereotyped (she's Irish and ginger, of course she sings bloody dirges - Lord, give me strength!), but that's pretty much my only complaint, really.

 

[herringbonekid]

i don't really see the series as being very high on realism; more of a half remembered urban folk tale set in a romanticised past. within that context i have no problem with the barmaid. actually i have a bit of a weakness for her accent.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Yes, that's how I see it. It's Jimmy Cagney's 1930 Chicago transposed to 1919 Birmingham. Neither of them particularly realistic. Still, makes for a nice romp.

 

[herringbonekid]

lots of digital post production going on in shots like these:

 

[Baron Kurtz]

The top one, I'd like to see the pre-shots. There are actually areas of Liverpool (where most of the filming was done) that still look like this.

For now. They've just approved the razing of another swath of perfectly serviceable streets/buildings like these. Not to put up more housing of course. No, a Chinese-funded "business park" with plenty of kick-backs and "all-expenses-paid "fact-finding" visits to Guangzhou and Shenzen" for councillors. Shocking!

 

[herringbonekid]

apparently they moved people out of three streets and sooted up the houses !

http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/n...rmingham-for-new-bbc-gangster-drama-1-6048815

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Cool, thanks for the article.

I particularly like the quote: "In shameless the pub wore out so we had to build a new pub". There has to be a stonking story behind that one. We drank so much we wore the pub out!

 

[herringbonekid]

more stiff collars without ties from Crooks. the first guy is another dead ringer for a Peaky Blinder: