King of Clubs: The Eddie Fewtrell Story

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We hadn’t been making ourselves busy to find him. We knew where he lived and we knew his brother Alan, who owned a well-known club called The Wheel. We didn’t want to make an issue of it. If we came across him, he would get a right-hander and that would be the end of it.

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He was married to Hazel Fewtrell. The couple got married in 1956. They had a daughter named Abigail Fewtrell. He’d ask for a couple of quid for ‘smokes’ and loved to be taken out for a drink. He was lovely and a lot of people are expected at his funeral. Barbarella's was a nightclub and music venue located in Birmingham, England. The name of the club was taken from the film Barbarella. The club opened in 1972 and closed in ALSO READ: Timothy Mowry: Ex-soldier who’s the poppa of Tia and Tamera Mowry Eddie Fewtrell and Birmingham The Accidental Gangster, a book featuring tales about the Fewtrell family, was written by Eddie Fewtrell’s son-in-law David Keough. Legend, according to the book, has it that the late Fewtrell stopped the Kray brothers from terrorising the West Midlands, as they did to London in the 1960s.

Later, he invested the proceeds from the sale of cars in several Birmingham nightclubs, including Bermuda, Boogies, and Abigails.

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In her own book, Reg Kray: A Man Apart, she wrote: “Despite their long friendship, Reg had a series of quarrels with Patsy Manning. The rows, although initially trivial, slowly took on a more serious aspect.

When Eddie Fewtrell was relocated from Birmingham to a village in Gloucestershire, South-West England, at the age of seven, Shirley Thompson, the author of the biography: King of Clubs, claimed that he was inspired to start his business empire because it gave him a glimpse of a better life. ALSO READ: Kathleen Mccrone: Wife of ‘Mr Las Vegas’ inspired to read law by her father Eddie Fewtrell funeral Both The Prefects and The Photos recorded a song called Barbarella's, the latter mourning the closure of the club. The late Fewtrell was a founding member of Club Sixty Four in Birmingham, which claimed that without his support, they would have struggled to secure the Members Club license needed to function. He was described as a giant in the nightlife business who will be sorely missed. AgeBarbarellas". Venue's & Hangouts. Birmingham, UK: Birmingham Music Archive. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010 . Retrieved 2 March 2010. Professional achievement did Fewtrell cost a lot of money. He described the disastrous results that resulted from his rich lifestyle and chase of fortune. He was a member of a family that had previously owned and operated over 20 nightclubs in and around Birmingham. Eddie Fewtrell was born in 1932. He was one of 10 children born to his parents. A lot of Fewtrell’s childhood was spent taking care of his younger siblings. According to Roger Fewtrell, one of his seven brothers, Eddie Fewtrell was “a legend in his field for nightlife in Birmingham”. Family People in the nightclub industry in Birmingham and across England paid tribute to the “King of Clubs”.