Paul Lund says that Joe had managed to convince a psychiatrist that he was a “half-wit” so he never received long sentences.

I’d always known about mixie(Michael) and to be honest he was well known and respected or feared by many people during that time. There was a thriving film industry based in the North West and Jack Pye was in films with George Formby and Diana Dors. It is interesting because of its observations about Blackpool and it shows Blackpool in the 40’s to be a town dependent on crime. We know from Steve Sinclair that Paul Ferris and his brother, who was on the run from a murder conviction, both visited Blackpool regularly. When the Chief Constable took his rationed banana from Abie Tobias I am guessing that he didn’t use his ration card.Marisa was born in Milan but her British mother, Pat Riley, who died in 2012, decided to move back to Blackpool when her daughter was aged nine so she wouldn’t get involved with a life of crime like her dad. Aristocrats such as Lord Lucan or Princess Margaret or Lord Boothby mix with the Krays and Alex the Greek. If you’ve not heard of the Kray twins, you’ve probably missed out on watching some really cool gangster movies as well as keeping your ears closed because Reggie and Ronald Kray are two of the most notorious British gangsters in history. Marisa, who struggled to find any work due to her criminal record, is hoping to set up a restaurant with her chef dad and to support other ex-convict women.

A wreck was supposed to be the property of the Lord of the Manor but local people would race to the site and loot the wreck before the Lord of the Manor could protect it. STEVE SINCLAIR: THE BLACKPOOL ROCK Steve Sinclair has written about his career as a doorman in Blackpool.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. A few weeks later he beat me …as usual…at golf…always told people I was better… If u were proper mixie n the doc would elevate you and believe their hype… different class both of them. It attracted gamblers from all over the North West and in 1952 they opened the Cromford Club in Manchester. Police said his girlfriend Lang was aware of his activities and was with him whenever he was carrying out his work on her brothers' behalf.

The case came to court but Mixie was acquitted and that is the only time he appeared in court in Blackpool. If you’re looking for something else to read – it’s halloween soon so we’ve got loads of local ghost tales for you. He was also awarded a certificate in recognition of his work but he would not collect it because it meant visiting the Police Station. Phil the barber, “smiling” Henry Rothstein, Gino Chiappe, “Paki” Peter, Les Simms, Maltese Tony, Jimmy Riley, Jimmy the “weed”, Jimmy Swords, Russian Dave, and many many others ! Entertainment continued and the use of hotels and boarding houses as accommodation for mostly Air Force recruits and Civil Servants kept the money coming.

People from all over the North visited the Gardens and pubs such as the Number Three and the Belle Vue benefitted.