.. and to continue the trivia. Rachman's activities brought Rachmanism into the English language, made Parliament bring in new laws. Worst of all he had a henchman called Rondell who was sentenced to lenghty period in clink after coming second in his trial and then tried to sue his lawyer, now THAT is really bad.
Strangely enough, around 1970, "Mad" Fred Rondell used to run a private game in London near Earl's Court.
He used to give me credit when I went skint there which was a regular occurrence.
One of the scariest times of my entire life was when Fred and a friend came round to have a "chat" with me about my debt !
I believe I was fortunate to still have two of everything after our "business discussion".
Oh those halcyon days of the early '70's.
P.S.
"Mad" Fred Rondell was Peter Rachman's "collector" who had a penchant for biting off people's ears.
I didn't realise that he stooped to sueing his legal team !