Peaky Blinders

Finally the fictitious, fatuous yet unmissable BBC drama series Peaky Blinders has finished.
I saw no insight into Birmingham's past and not a single landmark was evident to my eyes, yet it is supposedly set in the early twenties, a period for which we have masses of photographic records.

Fictitious because the real and wholly cowardly Peaky Blinders were long gone by the end of the first world war and fatuous because I came away none the wiser, with a feeling of having wasted some hours looking for true historical content.
Carl Chinn has some historical facts.....
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on...---fact-5912820

You wern't keen then Volty

Morning peeps. Have to agree with Volty. Watched half an hour of the 1st one and got fed up of the false accents. I still remember my nan who grew up during that time. She used words that only a true brummie would use. Miskin, carriage with the shed up, horseroad,bellybinders. A few from her every day conversation lol

As Pam says, the accents were meant to be Brummie but the words weren't.
I didn't want to watch it because it set out to glorify outright scum, but I still ended up watching (and ranting at) the whole thing.

I watched peaky Blinders and enjoyed it, right from prog one it was obviously nt factual and accurate. Much like many other programmes it was Ficticious entertainment. Much like the news.

Quote: Voltman wrote in post #4

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it set out to glorify outright scum,.

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Well I enjoyed it.

Here's something in the local rag about the Garrison. http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on...ers-pub-6106297
It'a a right pokey little hole, nothing like the massive bar in Peaky Blinders.

And so did others, just wait until they get here and find out it is all fiction.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/loc...rs-sees-6255702

Who cares if it is fiction. Just to see the name Birmingham on national television is a novelty.

Looking forward to the next series it puts brum on the map

I'm looking forward to the next series. why should the East End of London have all the best villains.

Now you can own a part of the myth, buy the pub.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-27393388

Well I'm sure that is one pub that will survive. It is certainly not the first time it has been sold See below from Birmingham post 5.11.1863

When do the new series start ?

Quote: astwood wrote in post #14

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When do the new series start ?

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