The 40 Elephants plagued ­London’s streets from the late 19th Century until the 1950s under ­a series of female leaders, always referred to as the “Queen” of the gang. But they were most ...

We only first hear about them in the 1870s." Carr's gang was based around the Elephant and Castle area of south London, and many of its members were the girlfriends or relatives of men in a gang ...

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