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     • The Billy Boys were a Protestant street gang based in Glasgow during the 1920s and '30s. They were known for their " military style behavior," and as in the show, they often marched in formation, and they composed their own songs and music.
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   Who were the Billy Boys on Peaky Blinders?

   • The fifth series of Peaky Blinders has seen the arrival of the Billy Boys from Glasgow. The gang sent a gory warning to Tommy Shelby (played by Cillian Murphy) and his family as they made their mark on the BBC TV series, which is set in 1920s Birmingham. Who were the real Billy Boys? Like Birmingham, Glasgow was famous for its razor gangs.

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   Who are Peaky Blinders?

   • Peaky Blinders has returned for season 5. The Billy Boys were a Protestant gang from the working-class area of Bridgeton in the east of Glasgow, also known as ‘The Bridgeton Billy Boys’. They were one of the most powerful “razor gangs” - named after their weapon of choice - active in Glasgow in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

   Peaky Blinders: who were the infamous Glaswegian gang the Billy Boys

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   Who is Billy Fullerton in Peaky Blinders?

   • Series five of Peaky Blinders has Tommy Shelby and his Birmingham clan clashing with a Glasgow gang known as the ‘Billy Boys’ – and gang chief Billy Fullerton is the inspiration for one of the villains in the drama. Historian Andrew Davies reveals the real history of the 1920s Scottish gangsters The gifting season is soon upon us!

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   Who were the Billy Boys in real life?

   • But who were they in real life? The Billy Boys - also known as the Brigton Boys, or the Billy Boys of Brigton Cross - were another razor gang like the Peaky Blinders. They were Protestants and operated mostly around Bridgeton (or in Scots, Brigton) in Glasgow, and at their height were 800 members strong.

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   Who plays Jimmy mccavern in Peaky Blinders?

   • In Peaky Blinders, he’s been fictionalised as Jimmy McCavern, played by Irish actor Billy Gleeson. Billy Fullerton was a former member of the British Fascists before forming the gang, and claimed that he had been attacked by a gang of Irish Catholic immigrants after a football game.

   Peaky Blinders: who were the infamous Glaswegian gang the Billy Boys

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   Who were the Brigton Billy Boys?

   • Here, historian Andrew Davies shares a closer look at the city’s gang wars… The Brigton Billy Boys were the biggest and most powerful gang in Glasgow during the 1920s and 1930s. They took their name from the Dutch Protestant monarch William of Orange (‘King Billy’), who later became William III, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

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   Sep 1, 2019 · In the TV show the Billy Boys are led by Jimmy McCavern (Brian Gleeson) The gang took their orders from Billy Fullerton.

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   Sep 8, 2019 · The Billy Boys and their leader Billy Fullerton were linked to Oswald Mosley and his fascist party in real life. Fullerton ran the sectarian and staunchly Protestant gang.

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    Sep 15, 2019 · Who were the Billy Boys? The Billy Boys were one of the notorious razor gangs in Glasgow – named after their preferred weapon – that were at large in Glasgow mainly in the 1920s and 1930s.