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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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Sep 1, 2019 · Their name came from William of Orange (King Billy), whose victory at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 secured Protestant rule in England and Scotland, as well as Ireland. The Billy Boys...
Sep 10, 2019 · Season five of the hit BBC drama Peaky Blinders has seen a new gang burst onto our screens: the ‘Billy Boys’, a violent clan based on Glasgow’s once-infamous razor gangs. But who were...
Oct 8, 2019 · 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
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Sep 1, 2019 · 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...
Aug 29, 2019 · The fifth season of Peaky Blinders has seen the arrival of a new malevolent force on the horizon to threaten the Shelby operation: the Billy Boys. But who were they in real life?
Sep 3, 2019 · Glasgow's biggest razor gang was the infamous Bridgeton Billy Boys, led by Billy Fullerton, which boasted up to 800 members - it is believed that Jimmy McCavern's character is based on Billy.
