Oh, I quite agree. But basically their success was all down to Reggie - Ronnie was a liability, just kept in the business because Reggie had made a promise to their mum to look after Ronnie.
I grew up on the outskirts of London during those times, and had a couple of accquaintances who knew far more than was healthy about the goings-on in the East End (and, later, in other parts). I'd heard about the Kray twins for years before their eventual downfall. Even that downfall was mostly due to Ronnie - it was his bravado (not to mention stupidity) that led to them being arrested, and a long history of such activities that persuaded several people it was better to testify against the Krays than to remain silent. > Actually, the Krays were very successful; so successful that they thought > they were above the law and could get away with anything, including > shooting people in broad daylight (or pub-light). Hubris, doing its job, > brought them down. > > John > > On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:39:09 -0400 (EDT), John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> > >> Consider it collaboration if you like. Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lennon & > >> McCartney, Bill & Ben, Marks & Spencer, Ronnie & Reggie, ... > > > > Just wanted to let you know that there was at least one reader > > out here who recognised every one of those pairings. > > > > Mind you, the last pair were probably about as unsuccessful as a > > collaboration as you could get (except, possibly, for Peter & Gordon). > > > > > > > > -- > Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ >
