Giggs refers to this nightclub in the 2007 track Greaziest Freestyle: “Don’t think I’m coming here to rave if you see me ’round the back, big strap inside Chicagos”
The nightclub was shut down soon afterwards. Six months later, a man was shot dead in a double shooting outside the same nightclub:Īrticle: The Telegraph – Man shot dead outside nightclub National headlines were made in July 2000 when up to 9 people were shot outside the Chicago’s nightclub on Peckham High Street:Īrticle: The Independent – Gunman fires into club crowd and injures eightĪrticle: BBC News – Nine injured in ‘Yardie’ shooting Peckham had been notorious for gang violence for decades, and this reputation continued into 2000s. Below are very brief examples of what went down in Peckham during this period. Prominent YPB members included Killa Ki, Diamond, Timmy, Tiny Ryder, Young Snap, Motion, Taz and many others. Prominent PB members included Knuckles, Raver, X-Fighter, Crimer, Rocker, Giggler, Breaker, Glamour and many others. Their youngers, the Younger Younger Peckham Boys (YYPB) set Their youngers, the Younger Peckham Boys (YPB) set The Peckham Boys (PB) set – youngins of the PMS/Firehouse generation In the early 2000s the Peckham Boys had consolidated as a single gang and its sets were structured by age. It goes without saying that there’s many more names from that era of Peckham legends. The Peckham-Circle linkup included names like Mad Danny and Big Lee, legends in both Peckham and Dulwich. Peckham yardies included the likes of Kirk, Bigga and a bag of others. Firehouse Crew members included Rhymer, Mixer, Major, Beans, Breaker, Player, Skipper, Fame and many others. YPB/PMS members included the boss Mad X, Tipsy, Timer, Splash, Joker, Titch, Timer, Rampage, Rage, Temps, Twitch and others.
Peckham’s main allies were Dulwich (Circle Crew) and Walworth (Wooly Road), and they often used to roll as one. The decades-long Peckham v Ghetto and Peckham v Brixton conflicts were some of the longest and bloodiest gang wars that London has seen. Their other major conflict was with Brixton. Peckham’s main war was with the Ghetto Boys, a gang headquartered in New Cross and controlling Lewisham borough. There was sometimes friction between the Peckham sets but it was never deep, and they were united whenever opposition tried to slide on Peckham territory. Collectively these sets were known as the ‘Peckham Boys’. Other groups of Peckham included the yardie sets the Sunrise Crew and the Spanglers. The earliest sets date back to the 1970s, and are the origins of the Peckham Boys gang.īy the 1990s those sets had evolved, and the two main sets in Peckham were the Firehouse Crew and the Younger Peckham Boys – also known as Pecky Man Soldiers. Originally, several of the major Peckham estates had their own individual sets: the Peckham Grove Boys, the North Peckham Boys, the Gloucester Boys, the Yellow Brick Massive, the Outlaws and the Acorn Boys. Video: driving around the Gloucester Grove Estate in the late 1980s Video: 1987 news footage on the problems of the North Peckham Estate
The area was termed ‘Vietnam’ due to the level of violence there, which is the origin of the hood nickname ‘Pecknarm’ (Peckham + Vietnam). The estates of Peckham were notorious and suffered from problems like underinvestment, deprivation, unemployment and crime. The Peckham ‘frontline’ is the area around Peckham High Street, including local landmarks like Peckham Pulse and the Crackerjack store. Nearby are the Goldsmith Estate, Bells Gardens Estate (Yellow Brick), Acorn Estate, Friary Estate, Ledbury Estate, Southampton Way Estate and several others. Image: Aerial view of the ‘Five Estates’ area of Peckham The main cluster is called the ‘Five Estates’ and consists of the North Peckham Estate, Gloucester Grove Estate, Willowbrook Estate, Camden Estate and Sumner Estate: The Peckham Boys gang originated in the estates of Peckham (SE15), in the borough of Southwark.Ī large area of Peckham – between the town centre and Burgess Park – is dominated by council estates (public housing complexes).
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