Reg Kray - Original Letter signed HM Prison Parkhurst

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This is an original letter written by Reg Kray, when incarcerated in HM Prison Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight. Dated 18th August 1982. T are four sides to the letter and signed "your friend Reg" The winning bidder will also get the original envelope in which it was sent. The condition of the letter I believe to be excellent, with no tears or stains etc., Buyer to pay p&p. I despatch worldwide - the cost will be £4.00 to any destination. Payment via Paypal or UK cheque please. For those who do not know who Reg Kray and his brothers were, I have copied a brief history from Wikipedia, reproduced below. Ronald Kray ( 24 October 1933 - 17 March 1995 ) and Reginald Kray ( 24 October 1933 - 1 October 2000 ) were identical twin brothers, and the foremost organised crime leaders in London 's Eastend during the 1950s and 60s. Ronald -- commonly referred to as Ron or Ronnie -- was bisexual , suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and had the more dominant personality of the two. His brother is usually referred to as Reg or Reggie.Their rivals in South London were The Richardsons accompanied by Frankie Fraser . [ edit ] Early life The Kray twins were born on 24 October 1933 in Hoxton , in the East End of London, to Charles David Kray, a wardrobe dealer, and Violet Lee. [1] Reggie was born 10 minutes before Ronnie. Charlie and Violet already had a six-year old son, also called Charlie. A sister died in infancy. When the twins were three years old they were struck down with diphtheria but recovered.Until 1939 , having previously lived in Stene Street, Hoxton (now called Shoreditch ), the Kray family moved to 178 Vallance Road, Bethnal Green . At the start of the Second World War , Charlie Kray Senior was called up into the army, but deserted and went on the run for 12 years. During this time he roamed the country, buying and selling silver, gold and clothing. He saw little of his sons, who grew close to their mother during his absence.The frequent presence of military police hardened an anti-authoritarian attitude in Ron and Reg, who were both to desert from the army later in life.The twins first attended Wood Close School and then Daneford Street School. T they showed none of their future criminal tendencies. A teacher t said of them: " Salt of the earth, the twins; never the slightest trouble to anyone who knew how to handle them ." " If t was anything to be done in school, they'd be utterly co-operative... they'd always be the first to help. Nothing was too much trouble. "The influence of their grandfather, Jimmy "Cannonball" Lee, led both boys into amateur boxing , at that time a popular pursuit for working-class children in the East End. An element of competition between them spurred them on, and they achieved some success. They are said never to have lost a bout before turning professional at age 28. [ edit ] National service The fighting did not stop at the edge of the ring, and the Kray twins quickly became famous for their gang of roughs and the mayhem they caused. They narrowly avoided prison several times and in early 1952 they were called up for National Service . They deserted several times, each time being recaptured. The army seemed to hold to the hope of turning them around and making good soldiers of them, but it was not to be.While absent without leave , the twins assaulted a police officer who had spotted them and was trying to arrest them. They were jailed for a month and afterwards sent to a military prison in Shepton Mallet , Somerset awaiting court-martial . Their behaviour in prison was so bad that in the end they were given a dishonourable discharge from the service; for the last few weeks of their imprisonment, when their fate was a certainty anyway, they ruled the holding room they were in. They threw tantrums, upended their latrine bucket over a sergeant, handcuffed a guard to the prison bars with a pair of stolen cuffs, and burnt their bedding. Eventually they were discharged, but not before escaping from the guardhou... read more

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