Meet the Man Behind Glasgow’s Most Dangerous Gang - The Calton Tongs

Join me as I meet with Jim Donnolly, the man who named Glasgow’s Most Dangerous Gang - The Calton Tongs.
Listen to JD as he tells me about his run-ins with the police, the gang unit “The Untouchables” and fellow gang members. Hear his fascinating stories of buying Arthur Thompson’s chair, meeting Ronnie Kray, his crazy prison stories and much more!
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[@SanjaJankovic-d5q]

Great video with JD, what a character!

[@raymondhewitt]

Hi is a character!

[@jddd4953]

THANK YU JD ALL TRUE

[@jddd4953]

THE SERIOUS CRIME COP WHO STOLE MY MINI COOPERS WHEELS BIG ALAN MORRISON BLUE ANGLESGIRL FRENDS MUM ELSIE WRIGHT TOOK A POLOROYED OF THIS COP NICKED MY SPORTS WHEELS OFF MY MINI COOPER JD.

[@shshshsherbit]

Great interview, really enjoyed it, thanks a lot.

[@raymondhewitt]

Appreciate it 🤝

[@robertmeikleham8273]

Mate had car wash beside his house years ago and the old boy jd always spoke to us gem of a man

[@raymondhewitt]

Good times I bet

[@jddd4953]

YEH M8 REMBER YU JD.

[@AJ13864]

Thoroughly enjoyed listening to J.D. witta man.

[@raymondhewitt]

Thanks for watching!

[@jddd4953]

Found the old police whistle later JD.

[@999warden]

My old mate Hugh Collins spoke to me about his early years around that area

[@raymondhewitt]

Interesting?

[@jddd4953]

I WAS DOWN SOUTH FOR YEARS FOLKS AND DID NOT KNOW THE STREET SCENE UP HERE LIKE MCGRAW AND CO IT WAS ONLY LATER I MET GUYS LIKE TC.AND OTHER GUYS I DON'T WANT TO NAME HERE JD.

[@jddd4953]

FOLKS GOING TO THE ROYAL THURSDAY 19 FOR A SCAN JD

[@jddd4953]

I STILL KEEP FIT DANCE NOTHERN SOUL WITH FOUR WOMEN AT THE CLUB JD

[@jddd4953]

JD A PURE CHANCER I LAUGH MY HEAD OFF ABOUT THIS YEARS LATER BUT GOD STRIKE ME DEAD ITS TRUE BUT I LAUGH AT IT NOW JD

[@jddd4953]

I SHOULD HAVE LOOKED OUT THIS STUFF FOR RAY TO SHOW MY STORYS ARE TRUE THATS HOW YU SEE ME SEARCHIING FOR THINGS I SHOULD HAVE HAD THEM ALL READY SET UP FOR HIM TO PROVE WHAT I SAY IS TRUE JD.

[@OFFICIAL-pn2bf]

LEGEND..............

[@jddd4953]

When i met my da in BarL im going back to 1960s there JD

[@jddd4953]

FOLKS THE TWO TOY CARS ON THE OLD TRANSIT VAN I PAINT ON IS TO SHOW HOW POLICE KEPT STOPPNG ME ESPECIALLY ON CALLED HENDERSON HASSLED ME TRYED TO SCREW ME FOR MONEY JD.

[@Flyingscotsman93]

Used to give me and the boys in haghill some hassle looking for weapons or drugs in the 80s liked setting people up ,that's that big silver headed one think he came from bridgeton originally his family that is.Three were wrong yins Henderson, Baird or Blair i think was his partner another was Hendrix not Jimmy lol.

[@jddd4953]

@@Flyingscotsman93 Don't know if it's the same guy m8 but a Pure Rat I tried to find out were he lived in the eightys I GOT told Rutherglen JD.

[@ShutItTadger]

The most dangerous gang in Glasgow is the posso fleeto and there numbers speak for themselves JD fair play on the name but it's the possil bhoys for me just saying.

[@raymondhewitt]

I need to find someone from Possil who can show me about

[@davidking7353]

real character

[@raymondhewitt]

He is!

[@daz2005123]

Glesga gem

[@raymondhewitt]

💎

[@williambolton9772]

Sure lord lucan is up the stair!!!

[@jddd4953]

THE TIME I SEEN MY AUSTIN 13 GT CAR IN THE BACK GROUND OF A FILM BILLY CONNOLLY WAS DOING IN THEV1960s WAS STOLEN FROM KENT ST AT THE BARRAS AS I CAME OUT THE BARROWLAND WITH THIS LOVELY BIRD IT WAS GONE STOLEN I SEEN IT YEARS LATER WATCHING THIS FILM OF THE BIG YIN BILLY CONNOLLY JD.

[@jddd4953]

FOLKS IVE HAD THIS JEALOUSY THING ALL MY LIFE FROM BAMS LIKE SOME ON HERE I USED TO DRIVE A FERRARI AND HAD TWO LOTUS 2+2 CARS ABD AN LOTUS ELAN A MUSTANG A DODGE CHARGER THE CARS FROM A SENCE OF FREEDOM JIMMY BOYLE FILM WERE ALL MINE JD?

[@jddd4953]

FOLK'S LOOKING AT THE JAY WATCHERS AND NONE BELEVERS WHEN I WAS GETTING CHASED BY JAGUAR TRAFFIC COPS IN THE SIXTYS SWAM ACROSS THE RIVER NO HELICOPTER 🚁 S IN THOSE DAYS THE CARS STILL IMBEDDED IN THE BANKS OF THE RIVER ALL YU CAN SEE IS THE TWO WHEELS ON IMBEDED IN THE RIVER BANK ON THE CLYDE HAHAHA TRUE JD.

[@me-cq7wv]

ffs

[@raymondhewitt]

What did you think of the video?

[@jddd4953]

I WAS TRYING TO AS THEY SAY BRASS MY CASE IN THE BANKO DE PARIS DONT FORGET FOLKS IN THOSE DAYS I WAS VERY SMARTLY DRESSED SUIT SHIRT AND TIE IN THE BANK I HAD NOT A CLUE ABOUT THE CHECK WAS TRYING TO CASH JD?

[@user-hr3fb5qw6d]

FLEET ya bas!

[@raymondhewitt]

💥

[@jddd4953]

I HAVE TWO LARGE PAINTING S UP STAIRS OF PAUL FERRIS AND MY WEE PAL FRANKIE FRAZOR JD

[@jddd4953]

WITH ME COMMING BACK FROM LONDON I DUD NOT KNOW WHO MCGRAW WAS BUT IF YU GO BACK TO NIGHTEEN SIXTY ME NAMMING THE CALTON TONGS IS TRUE A LOT OF PEOPLE THEN WANTED TO GET THE GLORY BUT THE PROOFS IN MATT MCGINN S BOOK WITH JDS FIRST WALL GRAFFITI IN WELL STREET CALTON ON MATT MCGINN S BOOK JD TONGS TA BASS.

[@Geeeeg1223]

CUMBIE YA BASSS

[@OLDSCHOOLPETE112]

Good stuff but no YNT, YOUNG, OR JUST - NIDDRIE TERROR, my old crew formaly known as the Jackabites been going since the 30s or something, dont call us the famous YNT, on top non stop for nowt 😂 ..we even got cos-players repping it now with music.

[@jddd4953]

SEE AT SORRY ST CARS ONE MORNING I CAME IN EVERY FRONT WINDOWS IN A ROW OF TWELVE CARS ALL MY PALS WITH SCRAP YARDS GAVE ME WINDSCREENS IT BROKE MY SPIRT BUT I CHARGED ON JD.

[@Carson-pv4hr]

Fk cars the barras the blue angels 😮 this guy will no my dad .. he was into cars had few scrapyards get imports into jersey channel island and ill say no more .. but my dad had 2 stalls at the barras for over a decade but ill say no more .. and is he talking about Alec morrison the boxing trainer and promoter.. back gary jabcobs .. who fought travaler a new davie Douglas anyway Glasgow small place

[@raymondhewitt]

I’m sure he’ll see your comment

[@cs9115]

T McCabe named the tongs.

[@raymondhewitt]

I read that… JD says it was him

[@jddd4953]

WRONG M8 JD. I WAS AT TAM FUNERAL JD

[@jddd4953]

TAM WAS TO YOUNG M8 IM TALKING ABOUT 1960 THE BEGINNING OF THE CALTON TONGS THE PHOTO OF MY FIRST GRAFFITI ON MATT MCGINN S BOOK IS 1962 IN WELL STREET CALTON JD?