Gangster Tour of Soho

ondon Palladium and we also look at the plaque to Brian Epstein the manager of the Beatles

Then move along to the Courthouse Hotel which at one time was Great Marlborough St's Magistrates court where many famous face were tried for drug charges and other offences

o over the years right from the 1920's with people like Darby Sabini, Billy Kimber (Peaky Blinders) Billy Hill, Jack 'Spot' Comer, The Messina Bros etc

ova and Mozart to George Melly, Jeffery Bernard, Brendan Behan and Johnnie Dankworth.

irst British epidemiologist who solved the mystery of a cholera outbreak here in 1854 which had already killed 500 people

Paul Raymond also was a published of men's magazines Men Only, Mayfair and escort and a property magnate worth £650 million

pop stars flocked in 1960's-70's

he Kray twins open their El Morrocco club after their first central London club Esmeralder's barn in Kensington bak to 1920's and Kate Merricks (the Nightclub Queen) 43 Club at number 43 this street has been full of Clubs and gangsters over the years

ionship with Lord Boothby

e stars were discovered from 1960 onwards Tommy Steel, Cliff Richards & the Shadows, Screaming Lord Sutch and many others, now a great Fish & Chip restaurant Poppies!

an and his wife Cleo Laine are sadly now gone.

ck the Hat and the Mad Axman Frank Mitchell, Freddie Foreman, Ronnie Knight ( Barbara Windsor's 1st husband) and the murder of Alfredo Zomperelli

ers top dog here at the time, Frank Mifsud who ran most of the doorbell flats.Commander Drury of Scotland Yard his relationship with pron baron Jimmy Humpheries and his wife Rusty Gaynor. We will end the tour here it is a five minute walk from either Tottenham Court Rd Tube Station (Central/Northern/ Elizabeth lines) or Leicester Sq TubeStation (Piccadilly/ Northern lines)