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Calling Time on the Krays: The Barmaid's Tale
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Product Description
At 8.30pm on 6th March, 1966, Ronnie Kray shot George Cornell in the Blind Beggar pub, Mile End Road. The principal witness, a young barmaid, eventually agreed to give evidence at the trial of the Kray twins, evidence that was crucial in securing a conviction. Since that time, she was kept silent about her ordeal after the killing when she was a marked woman and about the years since, with a new identity, moving from safe house to safe house. However, her story is not just that of a witness, it is also the story of young girl growing up in the East End.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #838262 in Books
- Published on: 1997-03-06
- Original language: English
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 314 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
Captures the fear the Krays aroused in those who crossed them - Scotland on Sunday
About the Author
James Morton edits THE NEW LAW JOURNAL, and has long experience as a solicitor specialising in criminal work. He lives in Barnet.
Customer Reviews
A classic example of jumping on the Krays bandwagon
It was Andy Warhol who suggested that each of us be subjected to 15 minutes of fame - but even he could not have hoped for it to be turned into a 231 page book! Ms. Kelly's 15 minutes happened to include Ronnie Kray shooting dead a rival gangster in front of her, but the majority of this book recounts ordinary East End life in the 1950's and 1960's. There is no disputing the bravery of the young lady when she stood in the witness box and played a major part in ridding London of it's most dangerous criminals. Her story certainly has it's interesting aspects, but the use of the name Mrs. X to add to the intrigue (suggesting that even now it is too dangerous to reveal her true identity), and the blatant change of the title of the book from originally 'The Barmaids Tale' to 'Calling Time on the Krays' (presumably to allow it to appear when keyword 'Krays' is typed into an unsuspecting search engine) suggest that this is little more than an attempt to earn some money out of the Kray name. Sorry, but I feel that this is stretching that lucrative surname just a little too far!
