Elephant and Castle Mob

Elephant and Castle Mob

The Elephant and Castle Mob was one of the many independent street gangs active in London's underworld during the interwar years. A rival of mobster Charles "Darby" Sabini along with the Birmingham Boys and the Cortesi brothers of Saffron Hill [ cite web |url=http://www.nickbarlay.com/journo1.html#az1 |title=The Times - London A-Z Series No.1 (A Sample....) "G for Gangland London" |accessdate=2006-12-31 |author=Barley, Nick |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2001 |month= |format= |work= |publisher=The Times |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] , they were eventually forced out by Sabini with the added manpower of imported Sicilian mafiosi and had disappeared from the city the end of the Second World War. [ cite web |url=http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/kray/away_4.html |title=The Kray Twins: Brothers in Arms |accessdate=2006-12-31 |author=Jones, Thomas L. |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Crime Library |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

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