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The most powerful member of the Peaky Blinders was a man known as Kevin Mooney. His real name was Thomas Gilbert, but he routinely changed his last name. [citation needed] Other prominent members of the gang were David Taylor, Earnest Haynes, Harry Fowles, and Stephen McNickle.
Tommy Shelby is from a Romani family based in Birmingham. [5] [6] Murphy spent time with Romani people to prepare himself for the role. [7] Shelby is a veteran of the First World War and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of his experiences during the war; something that is a recurring theme throughout the series. [8]
The fictional gang is loosely based on a real urban youth gang active in the city from the 1880s to the 1920s. The series features an ensemble cast led by Cillian Murphy, starring as Tommy Shelby, Helen McCrory as Elizabeth "Polly" Gray, Paul Anderson as Arthur Shelby, Sophie Rundle as Ada Shelby, and Joe Cole as John Shelby, the gang's senior ...
The house has been home to three of Shelby’s influential families, first the Hoeys then Gardners and then the Williams. After Delle Hoey died in 1963, her husband sold the beloved home to Carrie ...
LARGO — Two experts have determined that Shelby Nealy, who is accused of killing his ex-wife and three of her family members, is competent to stand trial, attorneys for the state and defense ...
Elizabeth Pollyanna "Polly" Gray (née Shelby) (played by Helen McCrory) was the mother of Michael and Anna Gray, and the aunt of Arthur, Thomas, John, Ada and Finn Shelby, as well as being the matriarch of the Shelby Family. She is part of the Peaky Blinders and is a certified accountant and company treasurer of Shelby Company Limited.
The family of Ramon McGhee, a man who sources told The Commercial Appeal was malnourished and covered in bed bug bites and feces when he died at the Shelby County Jail in early January, has ...
Miles was born on 1 November 1918 in Sutton Coldfield, then in Warwickshire, now in the city of Birmingham. [1] He was the son of Eric Miles and Clarice Jarvis. [2] After a failed attempt to run away to the United States, [3] Miles left school at the age of 15 to work as an apprentice at Wolseley Motors, [2] who sent him to a technical school to broaden his knowledge of vehicle construction. [3]