Month: February 2016

@JaneHoodless Not in the counties of Hookland or Essex thankfully or I’d be a dead man many times over.

Not in the counties of Hookland or Essex thankfully or I'd be a dead man many times over.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) August 1, 2016

@EllenKushner @margo_thespian However, there were genuine all-female crime gangs in London during the period such as the Forty Elephants.

However, there were genuine all-female crime gangs in London during the period such as the Forty Elephants.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) August 1, 2016

@EllenKushner @margo_thespian While many say the Forty Elephants was 1920s/1930s, they were operating from the late 1860s.

While many say the Forty Elephants was 1920s/1930s, they were operating from the late 1860s.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) August 1, 2016

@EllenKushner @margo_thespian And there’s reasonable evidence for all-female crime gangs in London as far back as the late 18th century.

And there's reasonable evidence for all-female crime gangs in London as far back as the late 18th century.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) August 1, 2016

@JaneHoodless On the third day of Christmas we got a death in the family. On the fourth day of Christmas hell froze over …

On the third day of Christmas we got a death in the family. On the fourth day of Christmas hell froze over …

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) August 1, 2016

@EllenKushner @margo_thespian When I talked to the daughters and sons of some of the members of the Forty Elephants for a true crime book…

@EllenKushner @margo_thespian When I talked to the daughters and sons of some of the members of the Forty Elephants for a true crime book…

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) August 1, 2016

@EllenKushner @margo_thespian … what was incredible was the gang’s durability. Most London gangs don’t last half as long.

@EllenKushner @margo_thespian … what was incredible was the gang's durability. Most London gangs don't last half as long.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) August 1, 2016

@EllenKushner @margo_thespian Someone should write a kick-ass comic/novel about early female gangs of London, because those bad girls rocked

@EllenKushner @margo_thespian Someone should write a kick-ass comic/novel about early female gangs of London, because those bad girls rocked

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) August 1, 2016

@70s_party @bincat23 Cheddar Cheese Soup? I feel like I’ve been cheated all of my life now knowing that exists.

Cheddar Cheese Soup? I feel like I've been cheated all of my life now knowing that exists.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) August 1, 2016

@EllenKushner @margo_thespian I will have to see that!

I will have to see that!

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) August 1, 2016