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Gang Life: In The Words of Gang Members

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TWO GANGS OF MANCHESTER - THE GOOCH AND DODDINGTON'S YOUNGER DECENDENTS HAVE NOW TOOK THE NAMES OF BLOODZ AND CRIPZ - YOUNGER GOOCH MEMBERS KNOWN AS OLD TRAFFORD CRIPZ AND DODDINGTON AS THE MOSS SIDE BLOODZ THE MEMBERS OF THESE 2 GANGS ARE WARING BUT THE THING IS THESE ARE KIDS 14 - 18 YEARS OLD WITH ACCESS TO GUNS DRUGZ EVERYTHING I BELIEVE THESE GANGS CHOSE THE NAMES OF L.A'S 2 WARING FACTIONS TO SHOW THERE HATRED FOR EACH OTHER ALTHOUGH SOUTH MANCHESTER AINT AS BAD AS SOUTH CENTRAL ITS STILL BAD N GETTING WORSE ALSO THE GANGS OF WYTHENSHAWE IN SOUTH MANCHESTER HAVE JOINED IN THE SHOOTING AND WE CANT FORGET LONGSIGHT HULME LEVENSHULME FALLOWFIELD MOST SOUTH MANCHESTER ESTATES ARE FLOODED WITH GUNS AS ARE THE NORTH ESTATES AND NEIGHBOURING CITY SALFORD - MANCHESTER AKA GUNCHESTER IS GOING TO GET WORSE THE MONEY BEING PUMPED TO REGENERATE THE CITY CENTRE IS HUGE BUT HOW MUCH IS BEING DONE ON THE PROBLEM ESTATES YES THEY KNOCK DOWN OLD HOUSES BUILD NEW ONES BUT THE PEOPLE THEY MOVE IN ARE STILL POOR THERE CHILDREN HAVE NO HOPE AND ARE GETTING SUCKED INTO THE GANGLIFE EASIER AND EASIER AS EACH YEAR PASSES IVE LOST 4 FRIENDS TO GUNS AND KNIFES AND GANGS IT AINT WORTH IT BUT THESE KIDS DONT GET THAT COMING FROM POVERTY THEY HAVE NO HOPE AND NO 1 IS GIVING IT THEM THESE ARE HARD TIMES AND I WISH I COULD SAY I THINK THEY WILL GET BETTER BUT I DONT THINK THEY WILL I THINK MANCHESTER ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH OF THE CITY IS ABOUT TO EXPLOIS IN A SPATE OF GANG VOILENCE WE LAST SAW IN THE LATE 80'S AND 90'S WHEN THE ALEXANDRA PARK AND LONGSIGHT WARS HAPPENED- - THANK YOU FOR READING THIS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT MANCHESTER GANGS I RECCOMEND THE BOOK GANG WARS WRITTEN BY PETER WALSH ITS AN INDEPTH LOOK AT THE GANGS FROM THE INSIDE OUT -