Join actor Vas Blackwood on a 2-hour walking tour of London’s East End to uncover the secrets of British crime history. Explore iconic film locations and hear tales of the notorious Kray twins.
Join actor Vas Blackwood on a 2-hour walking tour of London’s East End to uncover the secrets of British crime history. Explore iconic film locations and hear tales of the notorious Kray twins.
- East End - Meet your guide – Vas Blackwood (famous for playing Rory Breaker in Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as well as Only Fools and Horses in which he played the robber Lennox ‘Shadow’ Gilbey) - in Whitechapel, the gritty heart of London’s East End. Then set off on your 2-hour walking tour of the area, visiting film and TV program…
- East End - Meet your guide – Vas Blackwood (famous for playing Rory Breaker in Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as well as Only Fools and Horses in which he played the robber Lennox ‘Shadow’ Gilbey) - in Whitechapel, the gritty heart of London’s East End. Then set off on your 2-hour walking tour of the area, visiting film and TV program locations as well as real-life places associated with London’s criminal underworld.
Famously the stomping ground of the Kray twins (Ronnie and Reggie) who terrorized the East End during the 1950s and 60s, the area is rich with sites linked to them. Pay a visit to Repton Boys’ Club, where the twins learned to box, and see the Blind Beggar pub, where Ronnie killed an arch rival – one of the ruthless acts that propelled him from mere gangster into an East End celebrity icon (albeit a feared one).
- The Blind Beggar Public House Whitechapel - Having rubbed shoulders with many of London’s ex-gangsters to prepare for his role in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Vas Blackwood has countless tales to tell, and you’ll hear the best as you walk from site to site. Learn about ‘The Guv’nor,’ Lenny McLean, a gangster-turned-good guy who started his criminal resume as a bareknuckle fighter before going on to act in popular UK TV programs, like Eastenders and The Bill.
You’ll also hear tales of Barbara Windsor – a much-loved London actress who married one of the Krays’ feared associates Ronnie Knight – as well as discovering the dastardly doings of Brown Bread Fred, a chap nicknamed after the cockney rhyming slang in which ‘brown bread’ means ‘dead’ in reference to the murders he committed. See the pub used as Samoan Jo’s in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, as well as Hatchet Harry’s office, where ‘Porn King’ Harry Lonsdale worked in the film.
- Professional guide
- Professional guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
Join ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ actor Vas Blackwood for a 2-hour walking tour through London’s East End as he details the lives of renowned British criminals. As the actor who portrayed gangster Rory Breaker, Vas offers intricate insights into both the reality and dramatizations of London’s underworld. Throughout the tour, hear stories of the…
Join ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ actor Vas Blackwood for a 2-hour walking tour through London’s East End as he details the lives of renowned British criminals. As the actor who portrayed gangster Rory Breaker, Vas offers intricate insights into both the reality and dramatizations of London’s underworld. Throughout the tour, hear stories of the infamous Kray twins, visit locations in Whitechapel and the East End connected to them, and discover filming spots from ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.’
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