The Sheffield Gang Wars

by J.P. Bean

136 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 1981

Reviews

[Shirley Revill · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. Lived on Sky Edge when I was a child and I love local history books about this area. Well written and really interesting.

[Edwin Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun read. Became extremely boggy about 3/4 of the way through. The murder trial was extremely hard to get through. The pace in the last couple of chapters was ideal though. Very exciting and informative. Needs references though please

[David Withers · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not particularly good and a bit repetitive

[Jackie Webster · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Sheffield Gang Wars

Interesting read with great descriptions of the old Sheffield gangs and the areas they controlled until the formation of the Flying Squad. The kindle version could do with further editing as there are many random punctuation marks and single letters throughout the text.

[Richard O'Brien · Rating 4 out of 5]

Being a Sheffielder I found this book highly fascinating to how rough "Little Chicago" was.

[Mrs C L Frost · Rating 1 out of 5]

Interesting but spoilt by very poor editing

[Ipswichblade · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book about a little known subject

[Spurnlad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Engrossing and well-researched book by J P Bean, who was a friend.

Brings back the world of old Sheffield brilliantly, with some memorable characters such as the violent George 'Ganner' Whetwell.