Famous Scottish street gangs

[Mavericker]

Hello. What famous street gangs came from Edinburgh and Glasgow from the 1800's to the early 1900's?

[Lithgae]

I dont know how far back in history these go, but the Glasgow gangs that readily come to my mind are:
The Tongs
The Toi
Kinning Park Star
Young Govan Team
The Cumbie

[ANDY-J3]

The most famous Glasgow gangs were the Tim Malloys who were Catholics and the Brigton Billy boys who were Protestant. Tim is still used today as a slang term for a Catholic and words like swatch (take a look at) and chib (weapon) originated with the Glasgow gangs but have found their way into Scottish slang.

[Mavericker]

What gangs come form other cities in Scotland?
What gangs existed between the 14th-18th centuries?

[Lithgae]

gangs between the 14th & 18th centuries?
were they not just called 'armies'?!

[ANDY-J3]

Organised urban gangs weren't a feature of Scottish life up until the modern era. The most famous Scottish gang of Brigands and outlaws from the medieval period was the family of Sawney (Alexander) Bean who robbed and terrorised travellers-and allegedly ate some of them-in the fifteenth century.


http://www.seanachaidh.org/sawney.htm

[littlebriton]

Originally Posted by Mavericker

What gangs come form other cities in Scotland?
What gangs existed between the 14th-18th centuries?

Well i suppose the Border Reivers were as close as youd get to gangs from (vaguely) that period although they were dumped in Ulster following the Union of Crowns. I suppose you could also draw parallels between clan fights and battles and the more modern gangs.