thank you Freddie Foreman , your autobiography answered a mystery about my late grandfather Alexander Thomson. my family here in New Zealand thank you for calling him a man of honour , to us and me in particular he was a true man of honour. your son Jamie is a great actor as well :)

My mum and dad went through the blitz. My dad fought in Korea... but like most cockneys he was not a gangster terrorising his neighbours.

Great documentary..I'm not into true crime things but this was in my recommend from vague association with other stuff I'd watched.. got to say I'm pleased curiousity got better of me, not knowing who he was until it got going and it became evident.. well made.. interesting. concise. Historically important..thanks..

Brilliant documentary. Well done.

Interesting fella. Listening to him talk is like listening to an overexcited 5 year old kid telling you stories...there's no full stops and the story keeps rolling taking unpredictable turns

I liked listening about the history of London before, during and, after the war.

My father was a bare knuckle fighter in the day. He never harmed anyone and done things to help the poor, he fed them by means of stealing. He never once bragged and did his time.

Many thanks for another great interview, Bernard! You have a very good rapport, with Mr Foreman. You totally put him at his ease. I wish you all the best for your future projects. xxxx

Lucky for Freddie that Ron Pickering wasn't around at the same time

@michaelhorne4742

Жыл бұрын

Can't believe people are still using this joke.

@shauncarney8504

Жыл бұрын

Ronnie Pickering was krays right and man

@harrycallahan9143

Жыл бұрын

Who?lol

@pauljones8218

10 ай бұрын

@@harrycallahan9143 if you know you know

@ellenlyons4090

9 ай бұрын

So why did the Krays call on Freddie to sort their shit out. If their right hand man was the bollocks. It’s said the Krays feared and respected Freddie. They would never take a liberty with him.

Brilliant documentary

Great documentary.bernard 👍

Very interesting vid, great job. I luv this channel, the good ole day'z. 👍🇺🇲🗽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

Freddie Foreman aka The Managing Director OF British Crime 💪

Reminds me of my grandfather here in Glasgow

I can't help but like him.

good documentary, when was it made?

Absolutely bangin'! I take on what others have said, but the ending is true, that old style of a residing respect has gone, villainy these days is without character.

I've never understood the idolising of criminals. Quite sad really.

@theofarmmanager267

Жыл бұрын

Well said.

@Mic.check1.2.1.2

Жыл бұрын

You came to this video though 🤦🏼‍♂️

@theofarmmanager267

Жыл бұрын

@@Mic.check1.2.1.2 and left it very quickly

@theirishninja8199

Жыл бұрын

Likewise sad and pathetic 👌🙏

@carlosdeno

Жыл бұрын

Agree 100% the majority are thick as mince and Frankie Fraser was an absolute c##t. A coward and robbing his own countrymen during WWII, waste of oxygen like the rest of them.

His son, Jamie Foreman, is a pretty well known actor, Nil By Mouth, Gangster No. 1, Elixabeth, etc

Makes me laugh when he was moaning the police broke the law taking him back to the UK 😂

I read his book respect on holiday and I couldn’t put it down

They do NOT know what respect is

@gowdsake7103

Жыл бұрын

People do NOT respect thugs

@opticalman6417

Жыл бұрын

@@gowdsake7103 they do if their wired up wrong most people fear them they control people through fear without fear they have no power over people

Freddie reminds me of Mr Wolf from Pulp Fiction, a man with contacts and who gets things done but seems an ok kind of guy.

Remember this guy when I worked at full Sutton prison in the 80s, he was always respectful and polite- a gentleman

@gowdsake7103

Жыл бұрын

He was a fucking THUG

Gangster no. 1 is an awesome film.

What a fascinating, well researched and presented doc. Those gentlemen still dress as such. End of an era though.

Love listening to Freddie Foreman and Albert Donoghue

If Freddie hadn’t been a villain he would have been a brilliant comedian. I’ve read all his books and some of the stories he tells had me crying with laughter just picturing it. Freddie was old school he didn’t believe in hurting for the sake of hurting usually it was because someone took a liberty. His mistake was getting involved with the Krays had he not of he wouldn’t have got jail time. He was successful in the businesses he ran he earned good money and was comfortable. He did a lot for charity and helped people who had very little. Their are plenty of people who have nothing but good things to say about Freddie.

@oldmanonamission8055

Жыл бұрын

If Freddie hadn’t been a villain he would have been a brilliant comedian. Yeah, he was a right joke

@ellenlyons4090

Жыл бұрын

@@oldmanonamission8055 Bet you wouldn’t have the balls to say it to his face.

@oldmanonamission8055

Жыл бұрын

@@ellenlyons4090 he's a fucking old man and you would lose that bet

@ellenlyons4090

Жыл бұрын

@@oldmanonamission8055 you reckon you’d be surprised what that old man can still do.

@oldmanonamission8055

Жыл бұрын

@@ellenlyons4090 I think you'd be surprised what any person can do. Do you think he is the hardest man in the world, or still has the balls to do his own work? Gangsters are cowards that gets others to do their work. It's why the dumbasses get caught.

MAXIMUM RESPECT..LOVE THEASE TRUE STORYS...THANKS....

Freddie's childhood rings similar to what my late Mum and Auntie told me about their childhood as well.London and the Blitz

@Lloyd1885

5 ай бұрын

Same as my family during the war years, imagine living under the threat of being bombed 24/7, the thought of your country being invaded, while your family and loved ones went away to fight someone elses war....imagine that today...most of the country would be down the solicitors to sue the government for 'stress' and 'anxiety' ....back then people just got on with things and made the best of it, different breed, whether they were villains or straight.

I have read, watched and listened to these amazing gangster life stories. I find it easier to believe as I try and understand the reality of death in the war or even end of world. Who knows which way we would have gone??? They lived and died through it all. Xx

@AndrewRobertson-kl4vi

7 ай бұрын

Fred did see some shit as a kid during the war. Seen him talk many a time and I'm sure if my memory serves me correctly Fred and his mates found a body.

Was sure I'm Freddie's book 'Respect' he admitted and detailed the the brinx mat job

Fred was more than your expectations of him

I think GB is unique in its portrayal of it's underbelly of crime and violence in the world of unlicensed boxing and cage fighting mixed up with all sorts in the underworld. Violence has become popular. It has spread, and in the mix it has scuped up every kind of undesirable that normal would have been screened out. Greed and power is the motivation because there's lots to be had in the fight game. Reminds me of the scene in the Dear Hunter, the Russian Rulet scene. 🤕🔫

Both my grandfathers were on the fringes of the Foreman/Kray/ Richardson outfits and they were all a product of the war. Most of them were decent people who just did what they could to provide for their kith and kin. Freddie is know as a stand up bloke and is recognised by many of then and now as a proper guvnor. He was a man of his word

@wayneveck6743

Жыл бұрын

He was a killer

@timcoakley5498

Жыл бұрын

My dad was a docker from Bermondsey,he never stole anything in the whole time he worked there. He always used to say if it’s wrong is wrong don’t try to making excuses or put a spin on it. He was born in 1928 and he grew up in surrounded by a lot of very well known infamous criminals. But he was as straight as they come and was never tempted to join the other side. Although no one would dare mess with him, he was extremely handy with his fists and wouldn’t hesitate to use them if someone disrespected him or made jibes about his honesty. Even if he was out numbered, he wasn’t feared by anyone but people had respect for him because he would also help anyone who needed it if he could.

@jackwatson3944

Жыл бұрын

Shut up

@ianhills8980

8 ай бұрын

They were respected, and it's a pity they died out.

self pity and envy are the real motive , I worked for similar characters and the stories are always amazing 😕

@bruhmoment4978

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ovoo

@andrewmartin3250

Жыл бұрын

Has he had his electricity cut off?

31:05 , Christine Keeler ! Instrumental in the down fall of at least one Government Minister .

@mrkipling2201

2 жыл бұрын

The Profumo affair.

Absolutely mind numbing 🤕

@justinparkerthewildwolf6394

9 ай бұрын

Be numb

Anybody who’s never Brocken the Law . As never gone bed hungry !

Not that people idolize criminals it seems to be a fact they have led interesting life's x😮😮

Love the way Bernard bigs himself up as a former member of the Essex boys.... He was a bloody doorman and was just happened to be around when those events were unfolding... Otherwise, there would have been 4 bodies in the land rover thar night, one that used to speak shit in a painful to the earhole, Brummie accent....Friend of the Krays? LOL

@dannick9442

2 жыл бұрын

I know. I wouldnt be bragging about making friends with the Krays after theyd been locked up. They clearly must have both been fucked up lifers both out of the closet by the time he met them, coz they wouldve been abt 30 years older than this guy

@missthang94parisbaby

2 жыл бұрын

Stop hating...damn

@megaman7284

Жыл бұрын

He’s a nobody and a grass but yet he thinks he’s a gangster ! He’s a plastic gangster that the underworld doesn’t like

@jaycartwright1983

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, O'Mahoney is a t*t who's lived off the back of those 3 since they got shot. He get's peoples youtube channels shut down as well to try & protect his lies.

@markmcnally2044

Жыл бұрын

Likes himself that's for sure. Carlton Leach calls him a grass and doesn't like him.

Fred a stand up guy

Does a great grill too 👍well done

It must be awful to have stolen the property that belonged to other people who worked very hard to own it.

@mally9226

2 ай бұрын

like the banks he might have robbed foreman didn't do house breaking, he stole from the big institutions that are still robbing the public today.

When was this excellent documentary filmed, please?

@thesatisfiedcustomer4869

7 ай бұрын

Years ago

Is it just me or did Freddie talk for 8 plus minutes straight without saying anything. Brings to mind politicians

@futurergd

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't understand shit either

@gowdsake7103

Жыл бұрын

He hasnt got the brains to make sense

@raynardhymen2139

Жыл бұрын

It's just London talk, it probably wasn't on the curriculum at your posh school.

I like Freddie.

LOL. That "Godfather" looks like Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys.

@sirandrelefaedelinoge

2 жыл бұрын

@VMAXBX • Try laughing in his face. You'll be old one day... If you're lucky enough to get that far - At least Frankie didn't spend his life sitting on his arse watching trash like *Trailer Park Boys.*

@MyTube4Utoo

2 жыл бұрын

@@sirandrelefaedelinoge The guy's as goofy as Boris Johnson. *lol*

@justinparkerthewildwolf6394

2 жыл бұрын

That's Freddy foreman. You have no idea

@timsmith1323

2 жыл бұрын

@@MyTube4Utoo mans far from goofy he wasn’t called brown bread Fred because he was like bojo

@MyTube4Utoo

2 жыл бұрын

@@timsmith1323 I was just commenting on the guy being goofy. Which he is. Like Boris Johnson.

Freddie was the most dangerous man in this country by a country mile. A legend in his own right & in a league of his own…

@garycroft4960

Жыл бұрын

No he wasn't.

@davidjoseph3188

Жыл бұрын

He was dangerous and very smart i aggree but not the most dangerous man in UK london there are many 100 times worse

@garycroft4960

Жыл бұрын

@@davidjoseph3188 in every City there's dangerous people Manchester has many .

@davidjoseph3188

Жыл бұрын

@@garycroft4960 I know the noonan brothers very dangerous

@garycroft4960

Жыл бұрын

@@davidjoseph3188 there's alot worse than them know especially in Salford.

When was this interview with Freddie.

That's mad. from pompey and went to write something and saw the amount of comments were 657 and now forgot what I was gonna write

This seemed to be almost more about the Kray twins than about him.

Eddie is a g for real. 💯

17.45 I was in Stamford House in 1979.

Jay Kaye........ You might just be right. A person who is fierce etc can often have a flip side to their personalities - they can be fierce with their love too. I do believe every one has goodness in them, sometimes they're afraid to show it, perhaps they would never be able to make it come to the surface but the goodness is there regardless. Attack is said to be the best form of defence.

@opticalman6417

Жыл бұрын

your leaving your self wide open to lie & deception by having the believe very one has goodness in them the reailty is they dont some have full entity attachment take over its not person in the driving seat to speak its a entity with a malevolent agenda a high ratio of criminals and those who work for government ain't in the driving seat psychopath and narcissist have no empathy or compassion for anyone they fake emotions to get alone with others or to meet their own objectives but their is never any emotional authenticity carried cross with such types of people .

I despise criminals... that being said, this gentleman here, regardless of his crimes, he had morals. I was highly impressed with his loyalty and the thought of safety of people who weren't involved. Very few criminals have high morals to separate the family, women and kids from the person that does the indecencies against other gangsters. He may be my favorite gangster. I also liked the "you kick the dog you kick the master" part, seems he cared about his underlings as well. Proper chief here.

Nice

Bless him what a man a proper man Freddy was I didnt know him but we can tell he was a decent man 🥂👍

@davidpowell9713

Жыл бұрын

He’s still alive

@AL-PAKA

Жыл бұрын

he's a murderer you tool

@Tom-S1981

3 ай бұрын

Still is you mean

One breathless monolog,.....

He seems Very friendly and like a good Person. Hope He lives His remaining Years in Peace and happiness

One thing I can say about George foreman is respect

@nadinedavies6746

Жыл бұрын

george?

@DemocracyManifest

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he was a great boxer and makes a mean grill

@robhatwell4593

6 ай бұрын

Freddie

Let's goooo! 👐🏾👐🏾👐🏾👐🏾

I understand if you listen to Freddie he has a strong family ties and was livid how his brothers who all served were treated.

Stealing from corporations is a community service

If he wrote a book to be published after his death it would make some reading and answer a lot of underworld mysteries, i would like to know why his family no longer speak to him...something serious must have came to light for that to happen because Fred and his son Jamie were extremely close.

@Crosshatch1212

2 жыл бұрын

Its legal problems that I doupt wnt come out as long as he's alive .thats as much as I know .

@frankyhoward9197

2 жыл бұрын

Was he a train robber that got away

@frankyhoward9197

2 жыл бұрын

The guy as no.mony lives of the state in a nursing home

@davidfelix2594

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankyhoward9197 He doesn't live in a nursing home,he lives in Little Venice in Maida Vale

@davidfelix2594

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankyhoward9197 That could be a possibility.

He wasn’t an Essex boy he was just a door man!!!!

@brianmunich553

2 жыл бұрын

I know, pathetic bragging about being part of the so called Essex boys firm must think it has clout cis of the success of the films My question is why doesn't carlton leach mention him? Or why isn't he in rise of the footsoldier? Surely a member of the said firm would be at least mentioned in one of the 100 rise of footsoldier movies 😂😂

@JohnSmith-rw9dl

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianmunich553 who Bernie?

@brianmunich553

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-rw9dl yeah

@terryselectricalservices8234

2 жыл бұрын

He’s a idiot , knew the krays he was 9 when they was banged up , bloody 🛎 end

@proudtobeageordie2926

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianmunich553 thats a question av always wanted a answer to why does carlton never mention bernie and why is carlton never on bernies docs

Love you're manner ...great bloke..chin up...respect....

Blighty has, evidently, some of the scariest criminals who have ever drawn breath. Take away even the most fierce American criminals' firepower and throw the two sets (if numbers were comparable) into a closed space and I have no doubt whatever who would walk out. These people, raised from children (in one of the segments of this series, the pretty seven or eight-year-old daughter of one of them was incidentally shown in a [serious] boxing cum [serious] weight-training gym, throwing, with her skinny little arms, punches against a heavy bag) to swim when deemed necessary -- and that can mean anything -- in an unimaginably violent world. These people are the germination of the phrase, "When you see me comin', better step aside". And judging from what I've seen in this series, I damn sure would . . . except I'd run.

Bernard ya ur face at the rate of talking from him in first 2 mins 😂🤷‍♀️

I actually think this man is real, has a good heart, he might have made mistakes but he is loyal, he has a presence about where you just know not to mess with him

@0000dear

2 жыл бұрын

Ohhh the glamour

@paulwilliam7231

Жыл бұрын

😁😉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

He always has come across as very fair it seemed his game was more doing robberies then investing the money to go straight I don`t think Foreman was squeezing money from places like the Krays were,

Rough times, with even rougher men....😮

Great man and a true legend.

@gowdsake7103

Жыл бұрын

A brainless thug

He should have lived a straight life, could have got a job on a building site and worked his way up to foreman.

I've visited him in his nursing home hes 90 k now a nice chap

@davidpowell9713

Жыл бұрын

I’d love to go and see him I’ve always thought Freddie was a cut above the rest of them. His loyalty to the nutty Krays was his downfall sadly

I don't agree with glamourising crooks but I didn't go through a war...

'did he nail your head to a table?'....'No, no no....well, yeah he did do that. But he had too!'

50:17 I don’t think Dickie Hart was the Krays cousin.

@jamiecoulson1016

3 ай бұрын

He wasn't I think they always get mixed up with Ronnie Hart

What a legend

Well I got to say..I like the bloke.

His dvd Fred is great watch too 👌🏼

Did Bernard know the kray twins personally? I keep hearing he did but then some say he's too young 🤷🏼.

@jamiecoulson1016

3 ай бұрын

Yea he did s bit of stuff with Reggie

I had to stop after 5 minutes. He gave me a headache.

I love this MAN..TO ME HE"S BETTER THAN ANY CREW ,THIS MAN IS AMMAZZING ..LIKE IV SAID BETTER THAN ANY OTHER GANGSTER...PLUS THE MAN IS STILL ALIVE ..GOD BLESS FREDDY 4MAN.XXXGOOD LUCK 4 YA FUTURE, TO ME YOURE NO1.ALLWAYS WILL BE MY TOPBOY..MASSIVE RESPECT SIR..TO YOU FRANKY FOURMANS.X😊

@jamiecoulson1016

3 ай бұрын

Franky?

I'm wondering if this guy is what the character Brick Top is based off of in the movie Snatch!!

Was his son in East Enders or am I confusing him with someone else?

Those were days...🙏

Too much for a child to take. This is probably why he ended up being a gangster; coupled with a predisposition that lead him that way.

*Glad to see comments* 👍

Lesson #1, Respect your elders. You never know if you might get whacked.

IV heared Foreman was top boy of all

Why don't we celebrate the people who worked hard all their lives,pay taxes,and pay their way,never breaking the law ? Instead we celebrate thugs who take what they want by violence and put two fingers up to the rest of us ! All families had members who fought in the war,many, like my father,had to survive with injuries he received.He had a bad back which often saw him doubled up in pain,but he never thought to demand money from a pub or club by threats of violence.

Is there any southern gangsters that wasn't a "friend of the Krays"?

real deal

Who would've known. My grandparents also grew up in Battersea in the 30's and then moved to Woking (Sheerwater) after the war. Wonder if they were ever neighbours! 😝

@smartestcrackheadever5517

2 жыл бұрын

They probably all had sex together I'd imagine.

@Wasagoodyear-qf8wj

2 жыл бұрын

Mine too! My grandparents are gone now, bless 'em, but they moved to Sheerwater from Battersea a long time ago. Sheerwater and Woking are very different nowadays. It was great about 40 years ago, it's a shithole now🙁

When I grew up in the Gorbals in Glasgow in the Sixties and seventies we always watched the Men coming out of the Pubs and having a Square Go with each other, if you don't come from Glasgow a Square Go is a fair fight.

This interview is quite old but still very informative and entertaining. I remember seeing it and thinking that Bernard hardly spoke throughout the interview! 😄 I've read nearly ever book known to man about all the Eastend gangsters and ya man here always had some manners and morals. They were are all a different breed of man back then. No honour or loyalty (even for criminals!)

@Brembelia

2 жыл бұрын

Different breed; no honor or loyalty? Don't kid yourself. Corruption is alive and well. Just look at the politicians in any English speaking country. Have a closer look at American imperialism and the New World Order crowd if you want to single out psychopathic crazy.

Absolutely terrific. Freddy seems like the sort of gentleman who would pay for your shopping and carry it home for you. He'd then go to the pub for a bitter lemon, and buy whatever the barmaid serving him wants, before having a punch up outside and then getting some fish and chips on the way home. An absolutely smashing film. 😃🥹😊🛒🛒🛍🛍🍹🍋🍋🙆‍♀️🐟🐠🐟🐠🍟🍟🍟🍟🥊🥊🥊🥊

@michaelmcginley7930

8 ай бұрын

And help you dispose of a body

Remember him coming in the Putney Yacht Club in Fulham, before Fulham got posh! Thing was there was no yachts!! When he came in we left, he used to drink with Bindon.

@danielfrancis3660

Жыл бұрын

Don't know how well you know Fulham Hammersmith and Fulham but have you heard of a drinking club called SAJAC which existed in the 50s 60s and 70s. It used to be on the Greyhound road. I'm trying to get more info on this place but can't find anything.

@robbieorourke5534

Жыл бұрын

@@danielfrancis3660 Yes, very well indeed, it was a doorway entrance which led downstairs, its was a private/illegal club, and the faces that drank there were let's say not your normal punters..... late lock in's and card schools

The real deal they made the movie the long good Friday was said to be on Fred's life one true man's man