Your guide for this tour through the shadier side of London will be the on-screen hardman Vas Blackwood - best-known for his role as Rory Breaker in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels.
Photo: getyourguide.co.ukStarting inside the notorious Blind Beggar pub, where Ronnie Kray shot and killed George Cornell, Vas will sign a few photographs (£20 to £40) before venturing out into the streets of Whitechapel, Shoreditch and Bethnal Green.
Photo: Ian S/Wikimedia CommonsFollow in the footsteps of the Kray Twins
He'll explore some of the old stomping grounds of Jack the Ripper and The Krays, taking you to the churches where Ronnie and Reggie had their funerals, and the Repton Boys Club where they first learned to box, and played a pivotal role in launching their criminal careers.
Photo: reptonboxingclub.comFirst-hand accounts from famous gangsters
Blackwood's movie roles have seen him rub shoulders with some of London's most infamous gangsters including Mad Frankie Fraser, Dave Courtney and Lenny McLean.
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He'll share stories about their biggest crimes, like how Freddie Foreman disposed of bodies for the Krays, and offer insight into what it's really like to live the life. He'll also describe some of the methods that London's most-feared criminals still use to frighten their competitors.
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