Of course, this version of the Krays, and the East End, is a nostalgic delusion.

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But in the odd way that criminals sometimes are, the Krays are revered on moral, as well as aesthetic, grounds.

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But this theatrical pomp reveals less about the reality of the Krays than the Monty Python sketch about Dinsdale and Doug Piranha, criminal brothers with a penchant for nailing heads to the floor.

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