Real members of the Peaky Blinders street gang based in Birmingham, England that was active in the late 1800s to 1910s. As we have seen happen in the impoverished inner-city area of the U.S., extreme economic hardship in urban settings can lead to street gangs. Such was the case in Birmingham, England in the 1880s.Continue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (street gang)”