Anyone big on Boardwalk Empire? Ive been researching Prohibition era NY for years and as of BE series 4 ep 1 theres a chap called Owney Madden in it. Practically ran New Yorks Rackets in the 1920/30s. Born in Leeds. Carried Yorkshire Post cuttings from his childhod around with him till he died in Hot Springs. Arkansas and made a point of never losing his Yorkshire accent. More than can be said for some of you chaps ;-) Thought youd like this. Buy the book: The English Godfather: Owney Madden, Born in Leeds, raised in Wigan, Duke of the westside.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 20:48:32 +0000