The Real Peaky Blinders
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I Have Nothing but I Have These
For working-class people in general, they had no gardens. The street and the waistband was their playground. Physical strength is prized not only because you need to be strong to survive, but also because it was seen as manly. What can a young man say are best at? Fight it. It's still there today, whereas you have to show off. I have nothing but I have my fists. I have my feet. I'm harder than you. So it's a class thing. It's a social problem. It’s a male thing," he says.
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