are the kray twins still alive

[phleb]

and how many of you actualy liked them. I have recently been so fascinated by them, i have the book about ronnie kray at the moment, and it is very interesting, they did hate bullies, and bullies were who they hurt. Do you know a grandad or relative that knew them or is related to them

[sandyRoe]

Both dead. One died in Broadmoor and the other in prison.
"They did hate bullies..." Actually they were bullying personified.

[Old_Geezer]

No. Why would I like gangster thugs ? Matters little if they hated those like themselves or not.

[ummmm]

They hated bullies but they were the biggest bullies of all.

They are dead.

[Maydup]

Reggie Kray died in the Townhouse Hotel in Norwich 2000.
Ronnie died in prison in 1995

[Prudie]

It's books and films that have romanticised them and made them 'attractive'. Their moral code about looking after their neighbourhood is no different to standard gang or mob rule.

[Krausse]

No! Both dead. A couple of bastards that don't deserve the time of day !

[Mamyalynne]

I have know people who met them, varying opinions- none particularly glowing.

[rockyracoon]

I've met people who knew them, none had anything particularly flattering to say about them.

[naomi24]

The reason the Krays are held in such high esteem in some quarters is because they didn’t want the police around, and therefore they kept the petty criminals in check, making the streets safer for ordinary people who were not involved in the ‘underworld’. The rest of what they did is, as ‘they’ say, history.

[starone]

If they were still alive they would be pretty ancient and no doubt being bullied by the very ones they were bullying. They had no hesitation in killing either.

[Krausse]

Naomi - that is utter botox ! They were just bullying bastards !

[ummmm]

She didn't say they wasn't. She was commenting on why they were held in high regard at the time, and she's right.

[Bluestone]

Star, don't know about that. I reckon, if they were alive now, they'd probably be classed as 'legends' by those on the inside.

[woofgang]

"like" how can you "like" evil men like them?

[naomi24]

Krausse, No ... it isn't. They were bullying bastards - but they weren't just petty criminals - they were into big business - and no one, but no one, was allowed to muddy their turf. I was born and bred in the East End of London and I know what I'm talking about.

[naomi24]

Woofgang, people didn't 'like' them.

[plautus]

Diamond geezers, weren't they?

[sandyRoe]

And famously good to their old mum

[woofgang]

I know Naomi, i was referring to the OP's question