by Joe Thomas
Page 108
‘It's that bastard Gardiner; he's grassed on us. It's a nice club he's got. If he charges me, he won’t have it for long.’ Kirby, p. 59
Page 114
‘Don’t go to sleep, my [old] darling... I’m coming back.’ Grigg, p. 28
Page 121
‘come on... let's stripe the bastard’ Grigg, p. 32; Kirby, p. 58
Page 122
‘You [had] better take a barrow.’ D&C, p. 63
Page 124
‘It's that bastard Gardiner; he's grassed on us. It's a nice club he's got... he won’t have it for long.’ Kirby, p. 59
‘Can I speak to you, guv?’
‘That's all right’
‘I’m knackered anyway, but don’t get the wrong idea. This is all a
take-on’
‘Joe Oliva and a few of the boys have been taking the piss out of him’
‘We wouldn’t have had his money, it was just frighteners.’ Grigg, p. 33; Kirby, p. 59
Pages 127-128
‘Well if it ain’t fucking Oliva.’
‘Arrest the two girls... in case he calls them as witnesses.’ Kirby, p. 65
Page 131
‘They’ll never report us.’
‘They daren’t. What are they going to say? That they let us stroll past without even challenging us?’ D&C, p. 61
Page 133
‘if I don’t burn him, someone else will.’ Grigg, p. 33; D&C, p. 187; Kirby, p. 60; Morton, p. 115
Page 136
‘I’ve eaten bigger blokes than you!’ Kirby, p. 60
Page 139
God didn’t hear [you] you bastards!’ D&C, p. 70
Page 140
‘I suppose he put you on to me, then?’
‘He doesn’t know what's coming to him. He’ll have to get more than you lot to look after him. His days are numbered.’ D&C, p. 189; Kirby, pp. 60-61
Pages 145-146
From Judge Maude's statement on passing sentence, case of Pedrini et al, December 18, 1962; D&C, p. 183; Kirby, p. 67
Page 146
Sergeant Harry topples “King Oliva” Evening Standard, December 18, 1962; Kirby, p. 68
Page 147
‘You are a spy and you will be shot if you do not help us. We want to know what you have been doing and where you have been.’ D&C, p. 73
Page 148
From the Evening News, December 18,1962; Kirby, p. 68
Page 153
‘As a CID officer, I thought he was great. I had the greatest respect for him. He was nicking the right people at the right time.’ Maurice Harding, Detective Constable, West End Central, Kirby, p. 75
Page 170
‘waiting [much] longer’ Grigg, p. 39
Page 173
‘I’ve given you a chance. I could have found these in your pocket.’ D&C, p. 168; Kirby, p. 74
Page 176
‘I must want my head examined’ Kirby, p. 74
Page 177
‘Don’t look any further, Sergeant. There's no jelly here. You could score all this down to aggravation. We’re unlucky, that's all. That's someone else's gear.’ Grigg, p. 42; D&C, pp. 168-169; Kirby, p. 74
Page 177
‘I’ve two detonators here... I’ve given you a chance... I could have found these in your pockets.’ D&C, p. 168; Kirby, p. 74
Page 179
‘It was for someone else. This nutter was going to blast a certain speiler, right. He was going to use a nicked car with a dummy licence in case he got a pull. All I had to do was supply the necessary. The funny part about it all is that I didn’t even get the dets. I was just born unlucky.’ Grigg, p. 42; Kirby, p. 74
Page 188
Excerpt from Winged Dagger, Farran
Page 190
‘May God forgive you.’
‘He probably won’t.’ Kirby, p. 84
Page 191
‘Take the black bastard out of my sight’
‘I wish [I was in] in South Africa... I’d have a [redacted] for breakfast every morning.’ D&C, p. 176; Morton, p. 116 ; Kirby, p. 86
Page 198
‘You’re fucking nicked, my old beauty.’ Grigg, p. 50, Morton, p. 117, Kirby, p. 99
Page 199
‘Boo the queen, would you?’
‘No, not at all’ D&C, p. 13, Grigg, p. 50, Kirby, p. 100
Page 200
‘The biggest brick for the biggest boy.’ D&C, p. 15, Grigg, p. 51, Kirby, p. 98
‘Carrying an offensive weapon. You can get two years for that.’ D&C, p. 14, Grigg, p. 50, Morton, p. 117, Kirby, p. 100
Acknowledgements
Arts Council England, Will Francis, Piers Russell-Cobb, Eleo Carson, Joe Harper, Rosie Stevens, Nicci Praça, Angeline Rothermundt, Kid Ethic, Laura Barton, Lee Brackstone, Luke Brown, Angus Cargill, Jake Arnott, Mick Herron, John King, Mark Timlin, Cathi Unsworth, Paul Willets, Lucy Caldwell - again! - and Martha Lecauchois, always.