gang names

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 23 Feb 2006, 13:31

Despite their despicable trail of violence and nastiness, gangs have one thing going for them - and that's inventive names. We've all heard of the Tongs (and the rest - what were the ones with "Shotgun" in the name) in Glasgow - but what more recent and local ones can you remember?

Current topics here include :

Young Leith Team

Young Niddrie Team

Liberton Baby Crew

Young Lochend Shamrocks

Young Mental Royston Gang or YMR

Young Pilton Derry

...and in Dundee :

Hiltoun Huns

....in Fife

Cupar Junior Posse

Young Muchty Mentals

Can you name any others? Were you in one?

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 23 Feb 2006, 13:37

Mental Drylaw - sung to some rock tune that at present I can't remember the name. Luckily we can't record sound posts or I'd "sing" it!

And, no, I was not a member although my daft brother did hang about with them for a while.

xxxx · Post by **xxxx** » 23 Feb 2006, 13:48

Bar Ox
Marchmont Tongs
Jungle

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 23 Feb 2006, 13:59

xxxx wrote:Bar Ox
Marchmont Tongs
Jungle

Where were Ox from - Oxgangs?

...and Jungle?

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 23 Feb 2006, 14:06

YPR

Young Porty Rebels- and rather worryingly the most junior member of the porty clan has their "song" as ringtone on her phone.

xxxx · Post by **xxxx** » 23 Feb 2006, 14:15

Bar Ox - Oxgangs
Jungle - Clermiston

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 23 Feb 2006, 14:24

Ahh yes, the Clery Jungle.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 23 Feb 2006, 14:29

Porty wrote:Ahh yes, the Clery Jungle.

I'm being informed there was a Clery Derry as well. At least that has a ring to it.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 23 Feb 2006, 14:32

YPF - Young Piershill Fleet

I seem to remember them being around in the 70s. Don't know that they still exist now.

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 23 Feb 2006, 22:22

The prefix "'Young" seems to be pretty popular, at what age do you think is it no longer permissable to belong to a gang called "Young ........", and do these gang have senior citizen branches, ie. "Old Mental Royston Gang"?

rathbone · Post by **rathbone** » 24 Feb 2006, 11:34

Bar-Ox were around in the sixties.

I can remember them painting "Quick. Quick" before the "slow" on Oxgangs Drive. (and signing it so the polis knew who did it.)

Before that The Jacobites were the big Edinburgh Gang. They were based in the White House in Craigmillar.