Real Peaky Blinders

Billy Kimber: The Real Gangster Peaky Blinders Rewrote

Billy Kimber was real, but Tommy Shelby never killed him. Discover what happened to the Birmingham Boys and why Peaky Blinders reversed Kimber’s history to shape Tommy’s rise.

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Did The Peaky Blinders Really Have Razor Blades In Their Hats? No, But Who Cares? It Makes For Awesome TV

The razor-lined cap may be the most famous image in Peaky Blinders, but the real history is much murkier. We look at what historians say about the hats, where the gang’s name came from, and why Steven Knight turned the legend into one of the show’s strongest visual symbols.

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