The Noonans

[Marklr]

Ergh there was more than one Noonan, in fact there were 7, all their first names began with D including Delores.

...and there's a Damien Noonan living near me...grandkid.

 

[paulchapo]

Typical of a lot of big families in Manchester they were quite heavy for a time but I wouldn't say any particular mob run the place, it's too vast and too many small mobs grafting everywhere

 

[Stephen230]

I used to see Dessie knocking about the pubs of Chorlton a lot in the 80s but don’t think I ever spoke to him. It used to irritate me slightly the way people would act around him, like he was some kind of celebrity. Any slight respect I might have had for him was lost after he stamped all over the head of a straight goer outside the Willowbank that time. No idea what he ran but to give him a bit of credit he didn’t seem to particularly act like a big time Charlie like a lot of these people with a name do.

 

[Blue Mist]

If you want real criminals, i nominate the Mullens. Salford lads, piss all over dom, dez, dame and Delores.

 

[Turtlepath]

Id say that the vast majority of 'gangsters' that are well known are failures. Hence being well known. Noonans...2 are dead and the other unlikely to outside of a jail cell. Not exactly a roaring success at their trade of choice. Coghlan of Stockport has made a good few quid i suppose but still at huge cost in other areas of his life. Its not a v glamourous lifestyle.

 

[bluenova]

They didn't run Manchester. What a load of shit.

They were thick fucks. When the nonce Noonan was killed Des Noonan walked into First Bus depot in Cheetham Hill and demanded a double decker bus was put on, free, for the funeral. The Operations Manager, not knowing who Dessy was told him to fuck off. He did.
The real hard men of Manchester were the lads from Salford and I don't mean that fuck Massey.
Keep your head down and graft. If you shoot someone you attract der dibble.

I was going to make a joke about Andy Burnham running Manchester, but to be fair, he could probably sort out a bus if needed.

 

[m7mcfc]

If you want real criminals, i nominate the Mullens. Salford lads, piss all over dom, dez, dame and Delores.

The family from Hr Broughton dont go for publicity and dont like their name mentioned. I told one member that his photo was in a book by Paul Ferris. (Glaswegen Gangster).
He was straight on the phone to get it removed from any further copies.

 

[FantasyIreland]

If you want real criminals

I don't....society would be a far better place without such pondlife.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

When you know their names and faces, they don’t run shit.

Like the Krays; 50odd years on, they’re still famous for being London’s biggest ever gangsters when in reality they were small-time and playing at it for fame, wanted their names in the press, having that film made of them is the legacy they would have wanted. Gang Stars, not gangsters.

The people who run Manchester (anywhere for that matter) you’ve never heard of them, you’ve likely never seen them. They don’t run around playing cowboys and Indians shooting and stabbing each other like a lot of the inner-city gangs do, and they don’t consent to or get involved in documentaries about themselves… they’re more than likely to be Albanian these days to be honest.

 

[TheBlueDune]

Orchid

Dessie, our kid?