The Blackpool Rock: Guns, Gangs and Door Wars in Britain's Wildest Town

· Milo Books Ltd
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To the police he was Public Enemy Number One. To drunken gangs of yobs intent on trouble, he was a nightmare come true. Steve Sinclair was the toughest doorman in the wildest resort in Britain - and if you crossed him, payback was swift and certain. 

Blackpool, once a byword for cheeky family fun, was by the 1980s a violent town plagued by lager louts, drug dealers and villains intent on muscling in on the lucrative club trade. Sinclair worked the biggest clubs and the roughest doors. He and his associates fought hundreds of battles against football hooligans, gang members and rival hardmen. They were also branded gangsters and were blamed by the police for serious unsolved crimes. 

Described by On The Doors magazine as 'a compelling, gripping and fascinating tale', THE BLACKPOOL ROCK is a candid insight into the dangerous world of the modern doorman and of the extreme methods he sometimes employs to defend himself and his customers and uphold his hard-won reputation.

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4.5
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Anthony Pocock
November 1, 2018
Another criminal biography using the same words and phrases as all other would be gangsters unfortunately i cant use ' topman ' or ' respect' for anyonevmentioned in this book criminals are criminals with no respect for ordinary people outside their fraternity i wish publishers would stop glorifying them.
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Dave Dawson
February 13, 2019
Enjoyed the stories Steve had to tell.. hard job for little recognition being a doorman
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Shaun Carney
June 18, 2019
just started to read this book and it's really good read love true crime books
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