#45 Gangs (Part 1)

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🗓️ 12 May 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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This week on the we’re discussing Gangs ie. proper mean ones so not the Scouts (Chris) or the Boys Brigade (Elis). We’ll be taking a look at some of the razor gangs of Glasgow, the infamous American mafia and going back in time to see what gangland was like in Medieval Britain. Have you ever landed on a rhubarb patch? Would you like to live on Cockney Island? And want to hear what Welsh sounds like in another accent? You know what to do, drop us an email at: [email protected] If you're impatient and want both parts in one lovely go next time plus a whole lot more(!), why not treat yourself and become an Oh What A Time: FULL TIMER? In exchange for your £4.99 per month to support the show, you'll get: - two bonus episodes every month! - ad-free listening - episodes a week ahead of everyone else - And first dibs on any live show tickets Subscriptions are available via AnotherSlice, Apple and Spotify. For all the links head to: ohwhatatime.com You can also follow us on: X (formerly Twitter) at @ohwhatatimepod And Instagram at @ohwhatatimepod Aaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice? Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk). Chris, Elis and Tom x Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Oh James and I'm Tom
0:13.2	the History Podcast that tries to decide if the past smelled like a summer meadow.
0:17.6	Oh I'm Chris Scol.
0:19.6	I'm Alice James and I'm Tom Crane and each week on this show we'll be looking at a brand new historical subject and today
0:25.5	We're going to be discussing gangs that's right the violent content warning this could get scary
0:31.5	Yeah, the violent gangs of Glasgow the American mafia and
0:35.2	medieval gangs quick question were either of you in a gang does scouts count as a gang?
0:51.0	It does because I was in Boys Brigade and if you put Boys Brigade versus the Scouts, it's only going to end in one way. Are the scouts, is that Europe's biggest gang? Genuine, numbers-wise. It's surely,
1:00.3	it's up there. If you count it as a gang numbers what he's got an army
1:02.8	It must be the world's biggest gang you would think of course yes
1:05.9	It's an America as well, isn't it? Yeah, what's I in a gang? But I wouldn't describe the scouts as like
1:12.1	inducing terror on the local
1:13.9	populace if anything we helped a lot of old ladies across the road because that's
1:17.4	what certain badges required you know you're old when scouts are offering to
1:21.8	help that's when does it year old when scouts are offering to help. That's, you know, there's a whole lot of 40's the new 30 actually.
1:28.0	So 40s in middle age, actually 50s basically where middle age begins.
1:32.0	If cubs are helping you cross the road for a badge
1:36.8	that speaks of audience.
1:41.2	I think that's the main giveaway that it's not a violent gang if there's a badge on their
1:45.1	arm showing the sort of stuff they've been up to.
1:47.2	You never see that with the Yakuza, do you?
1:49.0	No, no, no, no.
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