Famous Scottish Street Gangs from Edinburgh.

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Hello. What famous street gangs came from Edinburgh, Scotland?

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[+2] - JGoldman10 - 03/24/2006Re: Edinburgh Street Gangs [quote="Megannah"]There were actually loads of street gangs in Edinburgh, every area of Edinburgh had one, two or maybe three gangs. I am currently doing a...
[+2] - b1u3-f0x - 08/15/2008orite mate. a no plenty of street gangs. no overly famous but well known for causing bother. YPD - young pilton derry YMD - young mental drylawer YLT - young leith team WC - waterfront crew ...
[+1] - JGoldman10 - 02/01/2006I know of a handful of Gangs form Glasgow, but were there any in Edinburgh?
[+1] - JGoldman10 - 02/02/2006Mctag, do you have any input?
[+1] - McTag - 02/08/2006[quote="JGoldman10"]Mctag, do you have any input?[/quote] No, I haven't, sorry. I googled this at the time but came up with nothing. There will be one or two I'm sure, but probably...
[+1] - JGoldman10 - 03/07/2006The only gang I head of from Edinburgh is The Keelie Gang.
[+1] - McTag - 03/08/2006Why do you want to know these things?
[+1] - Megannah - 03/09/2006Edinburgh Street Gangs There were actually loads of street gangs in Edinburgh, every area of Edinburgh had one, two or maybe three gangs. I am currently doing a project on the gangs for a module...
[+1] - Megannah - 03/09/2006Oh yeh forgot to mention there was massive slum clearance in Edinburgh during the 1950's
[+1] - McTag - 03/09/2006"Ask, and ye shall find." Welcome, Megannah.

I know of a handful of Gangs form Glasgow, but were there any in Edinburgh?

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Mctag, do you have any input?

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JGoldman10 wrote:

Mctag, do you have any input?

No, I haven't, sorry. I googled this at the time but came up with nothing.

There will be one or two I'm sure, but probably minor and not (so far as I am aware) notorious.

Bear in mind that Edinburgh is quite different in character from Glasgow, and never had the same industrial base, slum clearance (since the Industrial Revolution at any rate) nor housing schemes (projects) where this kind of problem can develop. New towns in the region, like Livingston and Bathgate, have their share of problems with unemployed youth.

But hey, I'm not an expert. I'll ask my cousin, who has lived there for a number of years.

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The only gang I head of from Edinburgh is The Keelie Gang.

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Why do you want to know these things?

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Edinburgh Street Gangs
There were actually loads of street gangs in Edinburgh, every area of Edinburgh had one, two or maybe three gangs. I am currently doing a project on the gangs for a module in my history degree and my dad actually went around with one of these gangs called Jungle from the Clemeston area, if you want to know more just ask!

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Oh yeh forgot to mention there was massive slum clearance in Edinburgh during the 1950's

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"Ask, and ye shall find." Welcome, Megannah.

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Question for Megannah
Thank you. Megannah, what street gangs came form Edinburgh and existed in the 14th-21st centuries?

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Re: Edinburgh Street Gangs

Megannah wrote:

There were actually loads of street gangs in Edinburgh, every area of Edinburgh had one, two or maybe three gangs. I am currently doing a project on the gangs for a module in my history degree and my dad actually went around with one of these gangs called Jungle from the Clemeston area, if you want to know more just ask!

Hello Megannah. Could you please list the names of these gangs?

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Megannah, hows the module coming? Do you know of any books on Edinburgh gangs?

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MEgannah, I had a friend at another forum post a list of gangs from Glasgow at this link:

http://dcboards.warnerbros.com/web/thread.jspa?threadID=2000052860&start=60&tstart=0

Go to the 5th page-you see the list there.

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McTag wrote:

Why do you want to know these things?

Hello Mctag. I'm cretaing and writing a multicultural comic book. The more I know About a country's culture and history, THe more I can put into my comic book.

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Hello Magennah, are you there?

You said there were numbers of gangs from Edinburgh. BEsides the KEeley Gang and the JUngle, Can you please others from Edinburgh that were around in the 14th-21st centuries? Can you list ones that are around now?

I found this link on Edinburgh gangs:
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=873702003

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in the 14th centuary scots were too busy fighting the english to be involved in gangs!! (freeeeeeeedoooooom!)

i wouldn't class any of the gangs in edinburgh as famous, or even notorius. if you lived there you knew about them!

my home area (near edinburgh) had BYT, KYT and Links Street.... but no-one was ever really very sure who belonged to them or not!!!

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ffydownunder wrote:

in the 14th centuary scots were too busy fighting the english to be involved in gangs!! (freeeeeeeedoooooom!)

i wouldn't class any of the gangs in edinburgh as famous, or even notorius. if you lived there you knew about them!

my home area (near edinburgh) had BYT, KYT and Links Street.... but no-one was ever really very sure who belonged to them or not!!!

Hello, Flywander. Thank you for responding. Can you please list at least one gang from Edinburgh from the time periods I specififed, starting with the earlist period gangs were formed?

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When did the first gangs in Edinburgh appear, and when where they first formed?

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Probably out of this lot you could find knowledgeable persons to correspond with.

http://www.edinburghguide.com/society/history.php

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Hello Megannah. You said that every town in Edinburgh had a gang-does that mean every town in Edinburgh had a gang? How many different towns in Edinburgh are there?

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