Now that hit BBC show Peaky Blinders has come to an end, people maybe missing their weekly fix of the drama based on the real life history of the ganags who controlled streets across Britain.
While the Peaky Blinders were taking over Birmingham, Liverpool was being terrorised by ruthless group of violent men known as The High Rip. Armed with heavy belt buckles, and knives, their crimes were characterised by bloody beatings and abuse.
They targeted dockers and sailors who came into the busy city port and it was even suggested that some of its most dangerous members had links to the most notorious Victorian murderer Jack the Ripper. The author of 'The Gangs of Liverpool: From the Cornermen to the High Rip - The Mobs That Terrorised a City' and 'More Gangs of Liverpool: 1890 -1970 Tearaways' spoke to the ECHO about the gang in 2013.
