street boys
TIM PRITCHARD
7 kids. 1 estate. No way out. The true story of a lost childhood
Everyone was out there and there were gunshots. Bang, bang, bang, bang. Young kids crying, everyone was scattering. It was hectic. Someone had been shot. I didn’t know the guy. We were all young. There was blood everywhere, man. The guy’d been shot in the face.
Inch
This is the story of JaJa, Phat Si, Inch, Birdie, Ribz, Bloods and Tempman. They are members of the PDC, one of the most feared and notorious street gangs in London. To some they are glamorous, gun-toting ‘gangstas’, with a bling-bling lifestyle. To others they are a group of criminal thugs who pose a danger to civilized society. This may turn you on, or it might put you off. But stay with it. Things may not be what they seem.
Tim Pritchard
by Elijah Kerr (aka JaJa)
This book is the voice of the streets. An unheard voice.
This is what happens when you leave those voices unheard, when you leave kids out there with no help and no support, and no choices or nothing.
This is what happens.
Your kids could be me. Your kids could go through the same things that I went through. I want you to understand what is out there, what young people like me are going through and why we are doing it.
It’s a big cry for help, now.
Contents
Title Page Preface Foreword Seven Kids Chapter One: The Raid Chapter Two: Elijah Chapter Three: Simon Chapter Four: Nathan & Michael Chapter Five: Fat Si In ‘the Jungle’ Chapter Six: Guns And Yardies Chapter Seven: The 28s Chapter Eight: The Younger 28s Chapter Nine: Back In ‘the Jungle’ Chapter Ten: Ribz Chapter Eleven: A New Coldness Chapter Twelve: Steaming Chapter Thirteen: Birdie Chapter Fourteen: Feltham Chapter Fifteen: Bloods Chapter Sixteen: The Return Of Fat Si Chapter Seventeen: Customer Service Chapter Eighteen: The Shooting Chapter Nineteen: Inch And Ribz Chapter Twenty: Hats, Nikes And Guns Chapter Twenty-One: Inch Does Time Chapter Twenty-Two: Wanted Chapter Twenty-Three: Angell Delight Chapter Twenty-Four: Guns And Ammunition Chapter Twenty-Five: Rapping, Robbing And Shooting Chapter Twenty-Six: The Pdc Come Together Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Raid On The Block Chapter Twenty-Eight: On The Run Chapter Twenty-Nine: Life Inside Chapter Thirty: Inch In Brixton Chapter Thirty-One: Islam Chapter Thirty-Two: Murder Chapter Thirty-Three: Tempman Chapter Thirty-Four: The New Angell Town Chapter Thirty-Five: Pray Days Change Chapter Thirty-Six: The Shootout Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Shooting Of Blacker Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Business Chapter Thirty-Nine: Murder, Murder, Murder. Death, Death, Death. Chapter Forty: Shot In The Head Chapter Forty-One: Police Chapter Forty-Two: True Stories Chapter Forty-Three: Return To Angell Town Chapter Forty-Four: Goodbye To Angell Town Epilogue Afterword About the Author Copyright About the Publisher
JaJa, real name: Elijah Kerr Born in Birmingham and arrives in Angell Town at the age of ten
Phat Si, real name: Simon Maitland Born on the Stockwell Park Estate, across the road from Angell Town
Bloods Born in Kingston, Jamaica, and arrives in Angell Town at the age of six
Inch, real name: Nathan Cross Born in Angell Town
Birdie, real name: Michael Deans Born in Angell Town
Ribz, real name: Byron Cole Born in Stockwell, down the road from Angell Town. Moves to Angell Town at the age of nine
Tempman, real name: Darren Samuels Born in Tulse Hill, just up the road from Angell Town
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