This is how I remember it because I was raised in El Barrio and in Washington Heights from the early 50s and 60s. Me and another Unknown Biker were convicted for it. Our "uniform" was teal bowling shirts with black velvet vertical stripes. All the gangs were there: The Sportsmen, that was a big black gang, pretty tough guys, and the Dragons, that was the Puerto Rican gang. My brother Alex started wearing patches when he was hanging out with this other club, the Dirty Ones. I was with him for 24 years, so I was a real part of it. However, when they got there, the Fordham Baldies who had been frequenting Orchard Beach on a regular basis, found out the Red Wings were hanging out on Section 17 of the beach. That was a typical day. But they looked at us and they said, It was Alicat So it was Alicat. The problem with the Bronx in 1978 was there were real gangs. With a peculiar frequency, a click of the cable remote shows the Fordham Baldies hanging out at the corner of Fordham Road and Grand Concourse, the foot chase through 1963 central Bronx alleyways . You know, if somebody needed to get high, you made sure they got high; if someone got locked up, you make sure when they got out, you threw a party. They were like, "Who's the. I never did, but I know there were guys in the gang that did. On any given weekend night, as you reached the 'balcony', you started the Ducky 'whistle'. You lived in the neighborhood, you joined a gang. At about 4:55 p.m. after asking around where the Baldies hung out, the Red Wings rolled up on Piggys Candy store, double parking in front. Here is what Piggys Candy Store looks like today now it appears to be an Islamic school. I personally didnt believe in jumping people. It was two carloads of the fellas, just headed toward the block, coming from Greenpoint. If it aint from close range, you just have to wait for the pellets to come out later. The 70s was real nice. We had a lot of guys in the gangsometimes we had 40, sometimes we had 60, sometimes we had 100. What do you think?--rocketrye12 talk/contribs 04:55, 30 January 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply], Sorry, didn't see this discussion - I changed the name to Bronx gangs (1950s-1960s) because that is specifically what is being discussed. But that didnt last too long once they got used to it. He got killed a few years later. It's an in-depth look into the Mau Maus and Sand Street Angels gangs from Brooklyn in the 1950s. Richard Price lived in Parkside Projects and hung out with a different crowd then us. You go to parties and see a lot of the same faces. And sometimes it didnt. Some Red Wings attended near-by Benjamin Franklin High School. Our big thing was buying cough medicine. The resulting group took their name from the Bronx's Belmont Avenue. I also had to fight some of the guys in the club. So we all hang out now, go to parties, things like that. The gangs -- with names such as the Ducky Boys, Del Bombers and Fordham Baldies (who really are bald) -- are racially segregated. --rocketrye12 talk/contribs 03:21, 29 January 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply], I moved it to Bronx gangs (mid-twentieth century), please mind your capitalization. We were in the papers more than the president. That freaked me out. Some shotguns, a .30-06, a .30-30. I dont have any emotions anymore. down on them. I stayed in there for what seemed like three hours, but it was probably 15 minutes. It was a black guy who did it to him, in a fight over a girl. Once again, I wanted to go out with someone who was in that gang. The Woodside Chiefs, of whom I was a member were not a gang. I wasnt hit too often. We did not have a name but the name Duckie Boys did exist. Today, thats what the gangs call itthe Bloods, the Crips, all of them, they call it flagging: I die for my flag. Then, you know, the blacks started coming in and naturally there was tension and we banded together. At its centre is Italian-American kid Richie (Ken Wahl) who is one of. Little by little the white gang broke up. bayonets, brass knuckles, and garrison belts before officers swoop Its cheaper than coke, and you get whacked on it. BRONX, UPTOWN SPADES,HARLEM TURKETTES, SATAN ANGELS, SAVAGE SKULLS, ROYAL JAVILINS, GESTAPO CREW, THE UNIVERSAL ZULU NATION, and THE REAPERS 1ST DIV/MAIN DIV/ AND Juniors. It was just: This is your part of Brooklyn, this is my part of Brooklyn. It got to the point where you couldnt walk outside of a radius of five or ten blocks. I left in Mean Streets temporarily, but I am pretty sure that the Little Italy it depicted was Manhattan's, and therefore it should be out as well. We went up there and basically we started hanging out and we became the Railroad Boys. We didnt mess with the people from the neighborhood. One gang, the Fordham Baldies were reputed to shave the heads, and other body parts, of those they caught. If we caught someone, we gave em a beating. I guess I was lucky. 90K views 13 years ago Gang turf of the Corona Dukes, Arthur Avenue Boys, and the Fordham Baldies. If anyone stepped in, (stepped out of turn) he was accounted for verbally and brutally. But down in Chinatown, you could buy a tin of cocaine snuff for 25 cents. I remember my first encounter with a drive-by. The fordam baldies aka belmont baldies aka baldie mob shaved their heads as far back as the 1940's and hung out at a candy store on belmont between 189th and fordham. Starts out in Immortal (Crazy) Homicide Turf, Coney Island and the Original Nathans, and ends in. It was easier to sell. So there wasnt one particular reason. Everybody else ran. Wed have sticks, bats, clubs, and bottles, and wed just beat the heck out of each other until the cops came or until we got tired of it. Thats where the money was. Someone please remove this, its a rap music term. Not in my memory! Because of this gang fights between the two groups became the norm. Meanwhile, a local gang, the Fordham Baldies, menacing blacks and Hispanics in Roosevelt's vicinity, kept enrollment overwhelmingly white. hairstyle later made famous by Fonzie from Happy Days. There would be 20 or 25 of them and 20 or 25 of us. There were a bunch of white gangs fighting each other. We hung around Aberdeen Park. The Hunts Point area is the poorest place you can be. And then when youre like 13 or 14, you start to hang out a little bit and the older guys start to notice you and start to talk to you and before you knew it youd been groomed into what they were. By the way, there were always fights yet it was all handled with reverence, one on one. I knew so many people that everybody would open their doors for me. He was so fuckin mad he didnt pay attention, and the guy went around the corner and when Frankie came after him, he was waiting, and hit him with a two-by-fourwhamright across the head. In the summer we were always out there, like 15 or 20 of us, sitting on the steps in summer, drinking beer, and bullshitting. That wasnt allowed in that neighborhood because that old lady may be some big shot gangsters relative. Stripping you means taking your jacket by force. We were always armed. The landlord wasnt going to come and tell us we couldnt do itwed kick his fuckin ass. The memories are all roughly the same, or close to it. Fordham Baldies is on Facebook. But heres the thing: I was never a member of that gang. Ducking from shootouts and things like that. Lost Boys of the Bronx: An Oral History of the Ducky Boys By James Hannon. If you want to talk about family members alone, Ive lost five. When everything was done, there was one of them dead from a gunshot and a knife wound. I buried three of my brothers because of being in gangs and being involved in drugs and living in the ghetto. Mario felt partially responsible for his brothers death and it was something that troubled him for his entire life. But when wed fight the Spanish guys, theyd stand there. I mean, these girls could fight. Film Details Also Known As Wanderers MPAA Rating R Genre Adaptation Comedy Drama Period Release Date 1979 Distribution Company KINO LORBER/ORION PICTURES Technical Specs Duration 1h 53m Sound Stereo Color Color (Technicolor) Theatrical Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1 I lived down the block from an armory, and there was a sergeant who would come every morning and buy seven bags of dope. If you want to have a "See also" section where wiki articles on bklyn etc gang-related movies, etc are handled, I guess you could, but I didn't particularly feel the need so I didn't. You came, you hung out, you drank a bottle of wine, you went crazy like everybody else. Lots of guys were fucking up, but all I wanted was to have our club, and for everybody to have bikes and go places together and ride. You see it firsthand, and its all bullshit really. We were big wine drinkers. The official athletics website for the Fordham University Rams Then you had the Satans Souls for a while, who were on South 5th and Hoover. Wed hang out in the park at night. A car can sit on the street two or three days today. We had like one pistol, and that was for everybody, because every now and then you had a confrontation that would require it. Fourth, sources.I will be doing some more research and adding much more information. Thats how popular heroin was. TRIKER1 (talk) 15:27, 4 February 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply], I read the article twice and I still have no idea what most of it was talking about. No matter where you went, even the toughest gangsfuckin Puerto Ricans, blacks, whateverthey wouldnt fuck with us. Wed fire at a guy standing three feet away, and wed miss. The year given is the year of the film's release or first season of the series. There was nothing you could do about it. He had hair just like mussolini in real life, and I'm the princess of canada although I can't offically back that up with paperwork. You lived in one building, and the buildings to your left and right were abandoned, because they were gutted out by fires. Who the hell knows whats in your brain? Back in the early days, we used to have a habit of snatching their hats. Teenage Gangs Kill One, Injure Six: one shot and killed, one stabbed, and four beaten in a gang fight They still have them down there, these buildings where the cellars have all these different rooms. one fistfights and it would be over. I turned out to be one of them, and it cost me a lot. Thats the way the neighborhood was. What used to happen was, wed hang out at someones apartment, but then theyd move out. Walk all the way back to where we live, just to get high, then hustle again to get lunch. areas at 8 PM. (2) Police busted up a rumble between two (South) Bronx gangs. We got your neighborhood. And wed turn around and say, Yeah, yeah, you got so much. This is my hood. The Woodside Chiefs, teenage boys, were self funded. DiVincenzo and Caleo were both members of the Baldies but had no criminal record. Each of us bought our own uniforms and equipment and we all chipped in for our bus fees for away games. We had a buyer for every piecenot even from garages. That was my opportunity. I mean, I know I never did it. that Farmer was a member of a rival gang called "The Jesters" (It's not known whether or not Farmer was a gang member thougheven to this day). I went over to the South 9th Bikers in early 1980, the same year I went to jail. It was a handful of us that really made most of the noise. He used to shake when he walked and shit like that. Someone happened to see two of the guys from the Arabian Knights so we pulled over. Caleo took another bullet just about the left buttock, near his belt line. We had colorsblue sweaters. We were the two stupid guys that got caught. Usually it was chains or sticks; knives and zip guns occasionally. There was a guy called the Baron and a guy called Bob the Queer, and theyd get us whatever we wanted. There were six of them and two of us. Wed eat, drink wine, hang out, bullshit, discuss what we were going to do that day, whether we were going to go visit another club or if there was going to be some kind of party. Thats all you needed, was to have on the back of your jacket: The Majestics. They werent allowed to date outside girls. By todays standards, there would have been a lot more lawsuits. It became, This is where were selling drugs. People were having shootouts left and right. Mostly we drank wine. 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