Top Drawer Villain Interview with Eddie Blundell

IT HAS TAKEN a while, infact it has taken nearly fifty years but Thurrock businessman, Eddie Blundell has put pen to paper and published his autobiography called Top Drawer Villain.
Published by Pomegranate Press , and written by veteran author, Johnnie Johnson, it is a fascinating insight into East London life in the sixties and seventies.
The book begins with Eddie detailing how his parents moved from Spain to London and eventually settled in South Ockendon.
School life is brief but not brief enough to reveal that Eddie had a grasp of the maths and that forensic eye for detail that served him very well and has not left him.
There is then the rise and rise of Eddie's business empire through a number of commercial ventures.
Naturally, you will have to read the book to find out more but the core of the book is the Ice Cream Wars which ended with the infamous shoot out in Ilford High Street.
There is also reference to 'The Twins", infact there is more than a reference, there is perhaps an explanation as to their fall; a chilling meeting with serial killer John Childs and a number of very exotic characters indeed.
You will see from the interview that there is not a lot of love lost between Eddie and the police.
The police Eddie is referring to is the one which, in 1972, the newly head of the Met Police, Sir Robert Marks was referring to when he said: "A good police force is one that catches more crooks than it employs".
For further details
www.top-drawervillain.co.uk
www.pomegranate-press.co.uk

[@prattait7594]

04:22 “ i wasn’t good at school but i was always Brilliant at maths. When i was 18 i got a job driving a lorry and earned £18 a week. I gave the wife £10 , £5 for rent and was left with 2 quid “ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Diggerbrown]

Fucking classic 🤣🤣🤣

[@its_rick_james_bich2575]

£1 a week for petrol for lorry

[@fingerz6983]

He gave his wife £9 but he not gonna say it on here

[@cherylspandley8270]

Someone tell Eddie he's not brilliant at Maths, that on here is a bit embarrassing. Eddie you were left with £3.00, come on lad, it's all with the concentration.

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

@@fingerz6983 lmao,his empire would come crashing down if she found out

[@goblin7837]

His ice cream wars. It was him and billy fighting about whos turn it was to drive the van. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Kmc1qlAq8Dt6tpVC]

🤣

[@user-zo5um2vu1z]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@williamwidget3018]

The Blundells were diamond geezers and true gents. Back in his days as a lad my old man used to knock around with the brothers down the markets. He told me they’d do anything for you and would help old women acres the road. He told me the real story behind the Blundells money in those early days was a closely guarded secret. Apparently they both used to wank off the old poofs in the public lavs.They saved every penny from their chicken choking enterprise and purchased their first ice cream van. The rest is history. They would accompany my old man home to my Gran’s and have a big old plate of pie and mash and a good old knees up around the old Joanna before parting ways and heading off to tug off a few more old fruits. They don’t make em like that anymore.

[@Burnzi1986]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@bogger5119]

Would love to witness you say that in person with the brothers!!!!

[@neilmiller3936]

@@bogger5119 y is it true

[@neilmiller3936]

You funny fucker i was there 😯

[@grahamjonathan762]

😂

[@traceypace6543]

99 with a fucking flake and sprinkles

[@rossl5908]

He got that haircut in a knife fight

[@RetroMasters1977]

73 years old looks good for it

[@BritishBoy1971]

A true gentleman and a consistently hard working man at that. Eddie and his brother put many, many lazy people in the younger generations to shame!

[@shaundstone]

A very articulate and intelligent man. Would love to have a drink with him, it would be fascinating!

[@gilesross5480]

Very nice Gentlemen! Thurrock Council win fraud and blackmail case against Eddie Blundell and three others By peterg on May 27, 2016No Comment By Eric White FOUR Thurrock men received suspended prison sentences when they appeared at Basildon Crown Court on Thursday (26 May) in a prosecution brought by Thurrock Council. Earlier in the month the four admitted charges and Thursday’s appearance was for sentence alone. Edward Blundell, aged 75, of Berwick Pond Road Rainham, had admitted one count of fraudulent trading; 54-year-old John Challinor, of Romford Road Aveley. pleaded guilty to a similar charge; while Darren Donoghue, 30, of Rosemary Close South Ockendon, and Lee Prescott, 30, of Comfrey Court Grays, both admitted a charge of blackmail. The court had heard the case was about a group of wheel-clampers who clamped cars, vans and lorries in a number of different locations where they were contracted to provide parking enforcement services. Having fixed the clamps, they would request payment from the motorist to release the vehicle, or alternatively they would tow away the infringing vehicle, which the motorist could collect from a pound for payment of an additional fee. There were questions over the ownership of the company running the operation, its failure to put up large signs warning about the clamping process, clamping vehicles illegally on the public highway, the clamping of vehicles at night, blocking in of cars, and demanding hundreds of pounds to release a clamp, or upwards of £2,000 to release a lorry. The court was also told there were bogus charges for cancelling tow trucks, the threat of dogs at a car pound, threats to crush cars if payment was not made, and a meaningless appeals process. Evidence to the court showed that in one January 2012 week they took in more than £9,000, fitting 23 clamps. Following a series of complaints Thurrock Council’s trading standards agreed to act and warrants of entry were executed in October 2013. Blundell was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, suspended for two years with a curfew condition for six months between the hours of 8pm and 6am. He was disqualified from acting as a company director for five years. Challinor was also sentenced to two years’ in prison, suspended for two years with a similar curfew condition. He was also disqualified from acting as a company director for a five years. Donoghue received a one year prison sentence suspended for 18 months with a condition to undertake 200 hours of unpaid work. He was ordered to pay a contribution towards costs of £500 and to pay £400 compensation to one victim; both sums to be paid within six months. Prescott was also give a 12 month sentence suspended for 18 months and ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work. He was also ordered to pay a contribution towards costs of £500 and to pay compensation to another victim of £400, both to be paid within six months. Thurrock Council’s counter fraud team, with the permission of the judge, has now started Proceeds of Crime Act confiscation action against Blundell and Challinor. Lucy Magill, Thurrock Council’s Head of Residents Services, said: “This successful prosecution has involved a great deal of work from several Thurrock Council teams, including trading standards, as well as the National Trading Standards Board’s Tri-Region Scambuster team and the police. “This highlights how local authorities and other public organisations can work together for the good of the community. “A lot of time and effort over some years has gone into ensuring Thurrock is a better and safer place.”

[@Bennynoye]

Really ?? , google him fraud to name one

[@Bennynoye]

@@shaundstone articulate? Yes like a lorry 🚛

[@carlzeiss4871]

I met Eddie in the seventies. Whatever anyone says about him my experience with him was that he was a kind and generous man., during my visit to his house, he looked after me very well and I liked him a great deal.

[@irfaan7868]

Did he fall out with his brother Billy?

[@carlapilbro1344]

@@irfaan7868 his brother billy died a few years back

[@carlapilbro1344]

Eddie is a lovely man, my daughters family come from south ockendon

[@neil5242]

This sounds disconcertingly cozy. Did you sleep over?

[@carlzeiss4871]

@@neil5242 it’s come to something now hasn’t it? You can’t make an honest and straightforward comment on here without some buffoon and his innuendo trying to get a puerile laugh. 3/10 must make more effort.

[@BritishBoy1971]

I read the book last year and found it very interesting. As a lover of true crime stories, books and films it was right up my street. A funny thing happened during the time I was reading it: I was in a traffic jam near Hornchurch and looked over to my right and to my surprise, Eddie was in a traffic jam, in his Merc. going the other way, dead level with me! I didn't disturb him, as he looked as if he was enjoying some music at the time. What a coincidence!! The book is well written, a good one.

[@johnbutler7886]

BritishBoy1971

[@davidfelix2594]

Listed under the Things That Didn't happen section.

[@bennynoye5863]

“Top Drawer”? They never explained that it is referring to a unit that only has 1 drawer and. It is a knicker drawer! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@boum62]

73 !!!!!! Unbelievable - looks very good for such an age

[@addictedtoangling]

I always wondered wot grandad done after leaving only fools and horses

[@addictedtoangling]

@@mavos1211 why u think hes going to beat me up lol hes a pensioner ffs

[@G.E.MTFC_]

@@addictedtoangling he would still smash your teeth in even now

[@addictedtoangling]

@@G.E.MTFC_ that would be hard i aint got any teeth lol

[@cartoonkrays3308]

You'll end up in the Thames bruv.

[@goblin7837]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DesignedRhyme]

Left ear loved this.. Right ear not so much

[@dazzab81]

Makeaky funny that mate it was my right ear that loved it left ear not so much lol

[@fixorrepairdailyfordstocmi9603]

Makeaky same ea , my left also

[@stevenphillips166]

I’ve been tapping my right ear for the past 5 minutes!!

[@geoffedwards-tb4kp]

Supposedly well respected these two brothers,last of a dying breed,market traders tickets hot dogs etc,all the old fiddles.They are the best type of earners the old ones.All the best grafters in my area of Manchester ( north)had fingers in this type of stuff,a big one was the barrows (fruit n veg)but is good cover for lots of other things like tickets,wrapping paper n Xmas trees at chrimbo, fireworks at bomby night all the seasonal stuff.Good base to get into all the other stuff.Proper old style fiddle's.Good boys these.

[@bogger5119]

Deluded moron!

[@anonamous7108]

Where did they hide the microphone in this interview?

[@kimjongun1413]

In his ear stud 💅

[@bennynoye5863]

Up his arse coz he was talking total shite.

[@simonlarkin2408]

Is this the guy Lew Yates was talking about when he said he was doing security and he fought and beat billy and a few of his boys who run the ice cream vans?

[@MrDanybe]

Yes

[@B2SProductions]

Lew Yates is a totally different kettle all together

[@anastasiaburke6206]

Eddie is a great bloke top man great business man just don't cross him I'm definitely going to read the book 👍👊👊😁

[@carlapilbro1344]

His books good, his great with the people he loves and likes

[@lesliegriffin4866]

They won’t last 5 mins In Glasgow we don’t need guns we can fight with our hands 💪

[@ryanbarton7757]

Billy Blundell ran a boxing gym, and he beat up Patsy Adams in jail who was a member of the clerkenwell crime syndicate which at one point was the most dangerous organised crime familys in Britain.

[@djmastergroove946]

Haha the Blundell brother's 🤣 well Billy has died and I'm sure Eddie hasn't that long either lol. In the 60's and 70's nobody fucked about with the Blundell's! Trust me. I know Glasgow certainly had it's villainy, especially with the ice cream wars. That was probably the 60's and 70's.

[@alanmarcantonio7513]

Blundells we’re top draw nice lads too

[@williamsclive2900]

Top man

[@loneranger4843]

Billy Blundell

[@jimmeshtick8908]

Get us a cuppa tea Erroll!

[@dazburnside7340]

You fucking prat

[@Kmc1qlAq8Dt6tpVC]

🤣

[@MR.SKANDAL0121]

Real old school guy reminds me of my Grandad could listen to his stories all day

[@neil5242]

Reminds me of grandad too, minus the piss-soaked kecks

[@woodsy555]

Great video.

[@maggieroberts3194]

very interesting interview with Eddie Blundell...

[@BritishBoy1971]

Maggie Roberts I agree. It's not every day that you get so close to a true underworld figure and hear what has gone on in the past, from the horse's mouth. I've heard that Eddie and his brother are true gent's, who'd do anything to help someone who's in need. Great businessmen too, by all accounts. They are an asset to this country, it's a shame that they haven't been awarded for their efforts in the World of business!

[@HrhFish]

When he mentions Billy is he talking about Billy Hill?

[@mollyroseroberts]

no he's talking about his brother

[@regkray9872]

Billy hill was nothing compared to these boy's

[@darrenfogel717]

No Billy Bonds West Ham legend.

[@bennynoye5863]

More like Benny Hill

[@GVGames1986]

Interesting and comes across as a prudent chap. I re-call a funny moment watching an ice-cream man, as two foot patrol officers arrived on the scene. He put the jingle on and his partner drove off with him waving at the coppers from the window (he likely didn't have a license). That was near St. Pauls, London.

[@GaryPhilipson]

Was this filmed in Farringdon?

[@marcmarcmarcmarcmarc]

anyone know what happened to pepe?, remember he lost a few marbles but that was 30 years ago,

[@sammycinnamon7300]

marcmarcmarcmarcmarc the dj?

[@Kmc1qlAq8Dt6tpVC]

Cousin Pepe?

[@dazzledarren1271]

Do you mean Pepe that deejayed a venue called Bumbles in Wood Green. He lived Harlow. Light skinned fella would now be about 70.

[@LeTon75]

I'm your 1200 sub 👍

[@spinofthewheel5345]

And what

[@gravyboat2370]

Medal is in the post

[@MultiLoofer]

We first ask them nicely. If that doesn’t work we then tell em..... politely. Brilliant

[@Robhalifax]

Maybe 'top drawer' if there's only one drawer.

[@geoffedwards-tb4kp]

No idiots these Blundell bros, fair lads,even if something has happened they were always willing to come to a fair agreement,this is from a very well known guy from my City who knows them and all the old cockneys.They were businessmen.Loved a deal.

[@bigal2417]

🤣

[@bennynoye5863]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@danbarden5474]

No he's talking about his brother bill

[@ricky4mel]

Ohh ffs trading without a license,

[@loneranger4843]

Yeah his brother

[@chopper8357]

can i have a Lionel Blair cut please...

[@dazzledarren1271]

Looks more like Cherie Blair 😮

[@miteymorgan4031]

Respect to the blundells propa men don't make men like that nomore

[@sarah6557]

Get a life MITEY MORGAN. ........EVEN BETTER GET A JOB ..............DUMB BITCH

[@thomashealey291]

Son of a Police Officer and in the freemasons,to have the protection of the Police all they have to do is to inform on rivals

[@kamrul828]

he's trying to resuscitate his youth with this haircut 💇!!!!

[@novaturbkkk]

and you trying to look like fonz with the leather jacket and sunglasses on indoors haha

[@sammycinnamon7300]

Kamrul 82 🔔🔚

[@kamrul828]

novaturbkkk u can't even post a pic cos you're too ugly😂😂😂

[@novaturbkkk]

proper kid shit lad, id slap you with a left and your right side of your body would feel it

[@novaturbkkk]

lets get off mothers cause i just got off yours the stinking gutty !

[@stephentaylor2066]

Fascinating how these men of “crime” have this mentality in them, you can’t train it, it’s just there.

[@neil5242]

Indeed, it is called the scum gene

[@thomasjurd172]

How olds eddie then ??? Anyone know

[@darrenfogel717]

99 next year. He will bee flogging some commemorative 99 flakes for half price down Romford market to celebrate.

[@JohnSmith-ix5gx]

a touch of lavender about him ?

[@AfghanApothecary]

John Smith haha aye but would you say that to his face

[@JohnSmith-ix5gx]

+AfghanApothecary hell no!!!!

[@dazzab81]

The official Kim Jong Un so because there's not alot of info on Google for you that means they were nobody's??? That tells me they were clever not wanting to be in the lime light like some other villains in London Essex etc

[@dazzab81]

Official troll boy Kim replied then deleted all his comments or blocked me lol what a first class bell end! Shut up about people and things you know nothing about

[@captainbirdzeye4371]

thats right..........both are fucking cunts

[@chrisbradley8120]

Eddie is a great guy and Billy is also a very well respected gentleman When I was younger if you ever needed advice or a helping hand I didn't hesitate to contact bill for support A few people who don't know them slate them I've read Eddie's book and fully enjoyed it Enough respect

[@bobsmith-zj2ky]

They know what happened in Rettendon 6/12/95

[@neiljobe3065]

Chris Bradley respect why haha

[@roseyboy7609]

Proper man's man

[@melanielevy3515]

Well said xxx

[@melanielevy3515]

The book was great and the man himself a gent xx

[@downsyndromehitler8039]

Tough guy but I'm the fucking daddy, I'm even harder than Cain Dingle so watch out!

[@ty3165]

+Phil Mitchell OK now fuck off

[@The01t]

Lol

[@markhughes3716]

Billy McCarthy at least i know who my mother is.

[@danielflannelly9275]

I'm in construction .Give me a clue hard man.

[@djcranium1210]

so many young people on KZbin who don't respect there elders.

[@bogger5119]

Their is possessive and there is geographical. You understand?

[@michaelharrison3602]

Most of the young people who comment on hear think that Spandau ballet ran East London

[@prattait7594]

03:08 “ i got into trouble with local people “ The next interview he gives after all this bragging he will state the same adding on Hmrc Tax & Vat evasion investigation!!! 🤣🤣

[@LeeMitchellAcoustic]

Don't think Eddie and Bill were not up to it. You'd be mistaken.

[@darrenfogel717]

100% fact and their strawberry mivvis were delightful x

[@scottandrewhorne4655]

These Gentleman are old school. They are proper people the Blundells with morals respect dignity compassion and understanding. God Rest Billys Soul Amen xxxxxxx

[@mavos1211]

Well said.

[@Thedriscols]

@@mavos1211 Thurrock Council win fraud and blackmail case against Eddie Blundell and three others By peterg on May 27, 2016No Comment By Eric White FOUR Thurrock men received suspended prison sentences when they appeared at Basildon Crown Court on Thursday (26 May) in a prosecution brought by Thurrock Council. Earlier in the month the four admitted charges and Thursday’s appearance was for sentence alone. Edward Blundell, aged 75, of Berwick Pond Road Rainham, had admitted one count of fraudulent trading; 54-year-old John Challinor, of Romford Road Aveley. pleaded guilty to a similar charge; while Darren Donoghue, 30, of Rosemary Close South Ockendon, and Lee Prescott, 30, of Comfrey Court Grays, both admitted a charge of blackmail. The court had heard the case was about a group of wheel-clampers who clamped cars, vans and lorries in a number of different locations where they were contracted to provide parking enforcement services. Having fixed the clamps, they would request payment from the motorist to release the vehicle, or alternatively they would tow away the infringing vehicle, which the motorist could collect from a pound for payment of an additional fee. There were questions over the ownership of the company running the operation, its failure to put up large signs warning about the clamping process, clamping vehicles illegally on the public highway, the clamping of vehicles at night, blocking in of cars, and demanding hundreds of pounds to release a clamp, or upwards of £2,000 to release a lorry. The court was also told there were bogus charges for cancelling tow trucks, the threat of dogs at a car pound, threats to crush cars if payment was not made, and a meaningless appeals process. Evidence to the court showed that in one January 2012 week they took in more than £9,000, fitting 23 clamps. Following a series of complaints Thurrock Council’s trading standards agreed to act and warrants of entry were executed in October 2013. Blundell was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, suspended for two years with a curfew condition for six months between the hours of 8pm and 6am. He was disqualified from acting as a company director for five years. Challinor was also sentenced to two years’ in prison, suspended for two years with a similar curfew condition. He was also disqualified from acting as a company director for a five years. Donoghue received a one year prison sentence suspended for 18 months with a condition to undertake 200 hours of unpaid work. He was ordered to pay a contribution towards costs of £500 and to pay £400 compensation to one victim; both sums to be paid within six months. Prescott was also give a 12 month sentence suspended for 18 months and ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work. He was also ordered to pay a contribution towards costs of £500 and to pay compensation to another victim of £400, both to be paid within six months. Thurrock Council’s counter fraud team, with the permission of the judge, has now started Proceeds of Crime Act confiscation action against Blundell and Challinor. Lucy Magill, Thurrock Council’s Head of Residents Services, said: “This successful prosecution has involved a great deal of work from several Thurrock Council teams, including trading standards, as well as the National Trading Standards Board’s Tri-Region Scambuster team and the police. “This highlights how local authorities and other public organisations can work together for the good of the community. “A lot of time and effort over some years has gone into ensuring Thurrock is a better and safer place.”

[@carlapilbro1344]

Amen 🙏

[@austinraftery9304]

Taxi firm=money, hotdogs and burgers=money, scrap yard=money, property=money. Tax man is thinking 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔INTERESTING !!

[@bennynoye5863]

Vat & Tax investigation imminent with his confession

[@oxblood7032]

Top tip never trust a 60 year old man with a teenagers hair cut!

[@danielray6689]

My friend we all go through changes in life im 40 and look like a 60 yr old big ginger barnet but i was always taught to respect my elders

[@bibiblack4167]

My grandad Johnny farey miss you , still remember that u told me u got shot by a cowboy and Indian fight not in a ilford taxi rank 😂

[@planesstevee]

What johnny fairy liquid ? Hands that do dishes can be soft as your face... With johnny...... fairy liquid

[@darrenfogel717]

I love fairys. Specially the food fairy.

[@captainbirdzeye4371]

My Brother Billy Blundell the police informer............dont mention that at all. But we know the the truth!

[@satjanunboonborisut4791]

Correct Captain.

[@kimjongun1413]

Who did he grass ??? This cunt is a right fruit

[@kacyfarey9141]

Billie was best mates with my grandad elden and pat

[@darrenfogel717]

Swallow yes Billy no

[@neilmiller3936]

Selling jellied eals up the back alley 😯

[@bogger5119]

Eels!

[@neilmiller3936]

@@bogger5119 yes they used to get a pretty penny and put it in with there wank money couldent go wrong

[@alancruickshanks4465]

Rip billy blundell

[@carlapilbro1344]

🙏💚

[@G.E.MTFC_]

Blundells ran Essex

[@darrenfogel717]

Without this man and his bruv king billy, swallow would have melted

[@chickenface14]

I think this was filmed in Hornchurch essex

[@mrlee271]

chickenface14 Virtigo bar looks like

[@weedliftlefty5425]

Top Drawer my arse

[@DeMoNx-kf1of]

hes friends with my grandad my grandad was in his mafia

[@davidfitzgerald4683]

@@DeMoNx-kf1of 😂😂😂

[@bogger5119]

So right .... such low calibre .....

[@tarnnichollsofficial]

Demon 20002 mafia ??

[@bennynoye5863]

@@DeMoNx-kf1of no your grandad said he was in the Naffy

[@leighf181]

Getting a signed copy sent to me as we speak for my birthday...legends the blundells ...

[@hudson7354]

He sent me a signed pair of his soiled pants. ( it’s one of his sidelines)

[@irfaan7868]

Did he have a fall out with Billy?

[@christopherjames4972]

I. Fact a lot of. People miss that winter when them 3. Got. Topped. It. Was. Fucking freezing. Every car in. Essex was covered in a blanket of sow except there s I. Reckon they were topped else where. And moved.

[@mjkrbjcw]

Or the engine was still running

[@gutz323]

I know there was a bit of melting snow on the ground at the time but did it actually snow that night? The 4x4 could have been kept in a garage and drove there with no snow on it.

[@alunwall1458]

your would have to be some kind of idiot to drive a round in a 4x4 with 3 dead men in the car with you mate.

[@wor53lg50]

@@mjkrbjcw i think so to, ive heard or read somewhere rolfes foot still on the brake, being a auto it still wouldnt have moved unless juice was applied or on a hill..

[@samuelwestall3]

Legend & Top Man

[@jlw1492]

My brother work for the Blundells up the east end.

[@bogger5119]

Poor fucking idiot! Bet he's still penniless?

[@citizenbuttsY]

@@bogger5119 lol

[@darrenfogel717]

I have heard it called up the rear end up the bottle up the Khyber and up the jacksi butt never up the east end

[@jackcloth2265]

2 very very clever guys, the real deal! Businessmen, and fucking great ones at that!

[@sarah6557]

Ice-cream ok🙄🙄

[@dazzledarren1271]

Eddie and Billy's ice creams were good but not as good as Rossi's in Southend.

[@neilmiller3936]

Another friend of mine jonny fairy lol

[@bibiblack4167]

Really it’s farey u melt

[@bibiblack4167]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 another keybord worrier

[@bibiblack4167]

Until u half half a beer then u a “brave” bastard

[@grahamjonathan762]

@@bibiblack4167 let's hope he doesn't worry himself to death

[@briancuss4747]

REAL TALK SIR, MUCH RESPECT

[@thetruththewayandthelife803]

Eddie vs billy the bomb?

[@dickhead5964]

Spanish, I doubt it

[@azysheff]

What do u mean

[@jonnodickson1838]

He is Top Drawer 🛎 end

[@rorye6935]

Why?

[@godsmessengerjesussavesnot1120]

@@rorye6935 jonno loves 🔔end

[@georgeploptalmondt4845]

Essex boys got wiped out by these top top gezzas

[@billford5553]

Georgeplop Talmondt could of yes but the Essex 3 had to many enemies to work out who killed em. Billy B said he warned tate about getting shot if he carried on doing stuff with tucker but tate just ignored his advice.

[@technojoe4079]

It wasn't them

[@alexfelton1201]

RIP Lennie Wilshier, Eddie Knows him

[@mariannecross1620]

Billy one of the best believe me! RIP they don.t make them like you anymore.x

[@neilmiller3936]

Jonny squid

[@ronflickering2271]

Tax man gony be knocking on his door😂😂 blabber mouthB😂😂😂😂

[@gutz323]

Tax man can only claim off any earnings in the last six years and I reckon he's probably retired now.

[@Bennynoye]

@@gutz323 tax man can go back as far as they want if deliberate criminal fraud is involved

[@williamsclive2900]

👍👍👍👍👍👍🥂🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@noelchubb6571]

This man is a gent as is his brother billy, they been there got the tee shirt etc, read his book & u can tell who the real crooks were then,& still are to this very day THE OLD BILL,

[@wcstevens7]

noel chubb .When Billy and Eddie lived on the Belhus Park Estate. Sth.Ockendon one of their girlfriends was Brenda Slaney .She must be my age now .75 .

[@bogger5119]

@@wcstevens7 And they continue to allow Mick Steel and Jack Whoams' to languish in prison rather than admitting Steel was at his farm that night having parked his plane at Thurrock airport given that it was situated in Blundell's back garden!! Fucking evil cunts!

[@bogger5119]

@@wcstevens7 Bet she spent a lot of her time on her knees with these inadequate fuckers!!!!

[@BobsYirUncle]

And jack was in the pub near by

[@carlapilbro1344]

Eddie is a lovely man, he use to check to make sure me and my girls were alright, all respect to him for that

[@goblin7837]

He is scarlet with the lies he is telling. With all his bragging all he will achieve is an HMRC tax and vat investigation! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jackcarter6629]

The Adams Family were the boss of London. Blundell like everyone answered to them. They still do.

[@jackcarter6629]

bog standard Why do you think this?

[@jackcarter6629]

bog standard OK. I don't know who the Canning Town guys were but I'll take your word for it. I've heard Freddie Foreman still has a lot of power in London but pretends he's out of the game. I know the Blundells were heavy hitters and high on the food chain, but remember the Blundells were sent to the Rettendon 3 to warn them they're pissing off the bosses in London - AKA being a gopher for somebody higher. The Adams family were feared all over England because of their violent brutality and because they travelled around the country to dish it out personally, meaning they left London. They were run more like a Mafia family with capos commanding their own crews. You don't hear anybody slag of the Adams family because it's still operating and controlled from inside prison. There is an element of the Adams family that terrifies most gangsters around England. They are very feared country wide - so if the answered to somebody in Canning Town I have to take my hat off to the Canning Town guys.

[@jackcarter6629]

bog standard So it's David Hunt's crew that the Adams anwered to? I find it unlikely the Adams would answer to anyone. They are too large a family, lots of family who still come over from Ireland, family with IRA connections. The IRA element is probably what scares everyone. After all they've all seen the film The Long Good Friday.

[@neiljobe3065]

Jack Carter why mention the name what's amater with you

[@deltrotter9932]

Jack Carter the hunt firm and the adams firm have never had any hostility to each other they both have respect for the other rolex ray barton is the connection between the two as he worked for terry adams as a kid but teamed up with hunt later in life,which firm is most powerful who knows they earn in different ways but both serious outfits in their own ways.

[@davidthompson876]

You can tell in some people if there top draw people Eddie Blundell is definitely one of them .

[@nickrichards9922]

he was a good friend of my granddad my granddads name is benny jones your a good man eddie

[@shaundstone]

This guy is different gear. Highly intelligent too. Top man.

[@neil5242]

To be fair, his maths is lacking.🤣

[@Bennynoye]

Highly intelligent? Like a fruit fly 🪰

[@breakfast917]

He had a million jobs 🙄

[@fatman4346]

Bought a house for 1800quid. Be lucky if 1800 bought you a dolls house now

[@donaldtrump6011]

Got no money 💰

[@zu1875lu]

Aren't these the brothers who killed tucker, tate n rolfe??

[@stevebrightmore4937]

No they didnt

[@godsmessengerjesussavesnot1120]

@@stevebrightmore4937 they loved taking poppers,,

[@Bennynoye]

10:59 he never went into talking about his private parking control company 🤔🤔. Google that . . . . . Fraud and Blackmail 🤔😂😂😂

[@sabuisatraitor7609]

Then 2 told warned pat a week before he ain’t listen

[@tonycruse3648]

Is he related to the Essex teenager Bradley Blundell who allegedly shot a guy?

[@alanjudd7537]

@@jshaw4757 my mate lived in one of there Bedsits, in Ilford Seven Kings. Didn't look like Buckingham Palace though, Odd That.

[@beckagray6698]

Yes

[@rossjones1005]

These 2 brothers were supposed to be heavy duty

[@neilmiller3936]

Batty man

[@TheSavagederek]

Did he or members of his family order or commit the murders of Tate, Rolfe and Tucker in Rettendon?

[@bennynoye5863]

The Blundell’s couldn’t have ordered a Chinese takeaway 🥡! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@godsmessengerjesussavesnot1120]

@@bennynoye5863 ssshhh you keyboard warrior,, they could have ordered you to dissappear in a blink of an eye..

[@Robert.Deeeee]

I heard the Blundell's firm smashed up a vicar because he sold 10p ice poles at a charity jumble sale.

[@bibiblack4167]

What a load of bollox know your facts before u leave a ‘statement’

[@Robert.Deeeee]

@@bibiblack4167 it was in the Newham Recorder

[@bibiblack4167]

Rᴏʙᴇʀᴛ D really it’s bollox and Utta shite by the newspaper try again

[@Robert.Deeeee]

@@bibiblack4167 it was front page news. Stevie Bacon even took photos of the poor vicar being punched on the hooter.

[@grahamjonathan762]

There was a big splash on the front page. Two fellas got poked with cones and one had a screwball smashed over his cannister. Place went nuts, sprinkles everywhere!

[@garypollock4451]

million jobs, bet you he would love a quiet minute to have a nice shite and read at the paper, the amount a work gone on lol

[@tuberjr]

old school guy.never broke the law and never used weapons like knives and guns just an honest and very good ice cream seller and i bet his favourite flavoir was tooti fruiti......the best. coppers got it all wrong my late uncles worked on his vans and he was generous.

[@kentishtowncowboy]

I've no idea who this gentleman is - not necessarily that I should - but the tale he relates suggests that he was a very successful businessman. If so, why is he talking about gunshots and losing 8 pints of blood and how his brother was cut etc..? Why the reference to the Krays? All very confusing. If you're legitimate etc, then why is he talking about crime in the manner in which he does? Policemen on the take or being susceptible to 'influence'; again, why? He's not consistent. If he's a hood, then just say so. Oh, he's trying to sell a book...ah, so how do we know if he's telling the truth in that?

[@HrhFish]

+kentishtowncowboy He is a face. Most proper villains avoid publicity so you only here about them when they get arrested, killed or write their memoirs. He was a very heavy dude in his day.He's got a piece of land with a lake and word was he was into smuggling. contraband dropped by plane into lake.There was a famous story about a crew manufacturing drugs on a property he owned got pulled not guilty around the time of the Essex Boys.He didn't like Tony Tuckers crew. Also remember him getting off murder charges.

[@kentishtowncowboy]

Thanks for that. I might get around to reading it then. Can't be any worse than that rubbish put out by Bobby Cummines. That was awful. Cheers.

[@JohnJames-zc4kq]

Hes certainly telling the truth mate.

[@kentishtowncowboy]

John James I'll have to look out for his book then. Otherwise I'm not much the wiser. Cheers for your reply though, it does help.

[@kentishtowncowboy]

Jason Hawkins Thanks mate. I might look out for his book.

[@patreeves6945]

Can you imaging being confronted by this fairy from Thurrock? You would piss yourself laughing!! Still a good source of comedy nonetheless...him and his brother ''Silly Billy''. Total lightweights.

[@alanjudd7537]

That 'Fairy' Could Make You 'Vanish,with One Wave of he's Magic Wand.

[@bibiblack4167]

You sooo tough behind a screen scarysss 🤣🤣🤣

[@beckagray6698]

You wouldn't be laughing for long..those concrete boots will soon shut you up

[@goblin7837]

He was good at maths ? “I got a job driving a truck i was getting £18 a week , gave the wife £10 and £5 for rent so i was left with £2. “ 🤣🤣🤣

[@bennynoye5863]

@@alanjudd7537 🤣🤣🤣👍

[@lucycandice676]

Whatever you think of him he's honest he doesn't talk about doing Brinks Mat does he? It's ice cream vans and cab offices. Who could really say that's hardcore gangster bragging?

[@HrhFish]

+Lucy Candice believe me the guy is being genuine. He's still a very well connected guy and has lived the life. I remember when I was in my rock band working with London Pride Management who used to run the food and drink for the Monsters of Rock festival which is where I first heard of him. There was a guy called Nobby Anderson who was an ex-mercenary who fought in Angola(a seriously hard man) mentioned HE wouldn't fuck with him. Nobby used to collect money from the vendors at the festivals.

[@regkray9872]

Shut up you fucking idoit him and his brother ran essex they were the top gangsters there. They also controled certain parts of London but they controled Essex make no mistake about it.

[@jamesshaw8353]

Lucy Candice

[@jasonantigua6825]

Bruce Lee You fucking melt

[@ronflickering2271]

Bruce Lee , nah real gangsters don’t brag and write about their history ✊️💦💦💦