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Peaky Blinders
were an urban youth gang based in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century and early 20th century.During this period inner-city Birmingham streets were full of overcrowded slums and extreme poverty, fostering a criminal sub culture and eruption of gang-driven violence.
Their distinctive clothing style included peaked caps, cravats and bell-bottom trousers, and "a line of brass buttons down the front.
The BBC produced a drama series called Peaky Blinders about the gang culture in post-First World War Birmingham.
