Edward Tyldesley built Foxhall in the hope that Charles II would reward him with the Hawes, the common land shared by Layton and Marton. His collection of his girlfriend up High street or Lord Street whilst on the run was described by the Gazette in pulp fiction terms.

The war provided new opportunities for crime…the dislocation and the accumulation of supplies plus black-marketing meant that crime became respectable and the mundane. People such as myself who do not get out much will know that a cordwainer is a high-class shoemaker.Princess Margaret had an affair with the actor and gangster John Bindon whose party piece was to suspend five beer mugs from his penis. This piece covers the time when Mixie Walsh took the place of Abie Tobias as the “top man” (Frankie Fraser’s words) in Blackpool. The court was also told of an exchange in July last year involving the occupants of Le Drew’s car and a black BMW near a pub car park when he spotted a police surveillance camera. Marisa, who struggled to find any work due to her criminal record, is hoping to set up a restaurant with her chef dad and to support other ex-convict women. Marisa was born in Milan but her British mother, Pat Riley, who died in 2012, decided to move back to Blackpool when her daughter was aged nine so she wouldn’t get involved with a life of crime like her dad.

Crime is so diverse: internet fraud, smuggling, cannabis farming, dealing in legal highs, importing platinum without paying VAT… Traditional gangs often moved into Security. Spent many great times with ” the doc” He was fearless, educated ,funny and always made me feel like a ‘face’. In 2017, Le Drew took over as Gill's primary cash collector, gathering in drugs money from the dealers.MARISA Merico was born into a mafia clan so feared that when she landed herself in jail, she was seen as more of a risk than fellow prisoners Rose West and Myra Hindley. After the longest and most expensive trial up to that time in Scottish history he was found not guilty.

Edward Tyldesley hoped that he would be rewarded for his father’s sacrifice in supporting the Royalists in the Civil War.

Aged 90 and suffering from dementia Frankie crowned his career by assaulting a fellow resident in his nursing home and having an ASBO issued to him.