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Jimmy the Weed was the nickname for Jimmy Donnelly, who was for many years associated with the gang. [1] Philomena Lynott , the mother of Phil Lynott , the singer/songwriter of the band, ran the Clifton Grange Hotel in Whalley Range at the time and it was there that some of the alleged gang members met, along with showbusiness people and sports ...
Other gangland figures participating in this truce were Paul Massey, Damian Noonan, Paul Flannery and apparently Jimmy "the Weed" Donnelly, who was a prominent figure in the Quality Street Gang, another Manchester gang. Noonan was released from prison in 2002 and became head of the Noonan crime family after Damian's death in 2003.
The first series contains 6 episodes: Glasgow – Featuring interviews with Walter Norval, 'Mad' Frankie Fraser, Joe Steele, Paul Ferris, Ian 'Blink' McDonald; Manchester – Featuring interviews with Jimmy 'The Weed' Donnelly, Arthur Donnelly, Paul Massey, Sean Keating, Bernard O'Mahoney, Wayne Barker, David Fraser, Christopher Brayford
On 26 July 2015, Massey was shot dead outside his home on Manchester Road, Clifton, by a lone gunman. Mark Fellows, the killer, was reported to have been wearing military style fatigues and carried a weapon "similar to a sub machine gun". [11] Greater Manchester Police offered a £50,000 reward for information pertaining to the killing. [12]
The Manchester Evening News (MEN) is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in North West England, founded in 1868.It is published Monday–Saturday; a Sunday edition, the MEN on Sunday, was launched in February 2019. [3]
Margaret Mizen, Jimmy's mother who was appointed MBE for charitable work since her son's murder, told the BBC on Thursday she was "a little bit numb" and said that she would like answers over why ...
The 12" EP featured the extra tracks "Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed", "Black Boys on the Corner" and a live version of "Me and the Boys". Shortly after the UK single release of "The Boys Are Back In Town" BBC Radio 1 Disc Jockey Tony Blackburn picked this single as his 'Record of the Week', receiving daily plays during his mid morning show.
Alcala, a convicted serial killer, appeared as a bachelor on an episode of “The Dating Game” in 1978, competing with two other men to win a date with bachelorette Cheryl Bradshaw.