King of Clubs: The Eddie Fewtrell Story

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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. Find sources: "Barbarella's" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( December 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) 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. Age The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines for companies and organizations. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.

Tony described how he and brother Chris, both enforcers for the twins, were tasked with giving Manning a “slap”. Barbarellas". Venue's & Hangouts. Birmingham, UK: Birmingham Music Archive. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010 . Retrieved 2 March 2010. 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. We didn’t know anything about this at the time, but the twins found out, and Ronnie said to me ‘Tell that Patsy Manning we want to see him.’ I went to Birmingham and spoke to Patsy. I said ‘If there’s anything wrong, tell me, and I’ll talk to them’. Read More Related Articles Eddie Fewtrell rose to the position of power in Birmingham’s nightclub life by the 1970s. He went on to succeed even more, thanks to the help of his huge family, especially his seven brothers.

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The Clash Birmingham Barbarellas - 27 October 1976". Archived from the original on 17 January 2009 . Retrieved 2 March 2010. Both The Prefects and The Photos recorded a song called Barbarella's, the latter mourning the closure of the club. 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. Born in Broad Street, Patsy Manning spent his twilight years in Birmingham city centre high rise Norfolk Tower.

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. People in the nightclub industry in Birmingham and across England paid tribute to the “King of Clubs”. 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: Kathleen Mccrone: Wife of ‘Mr Las Vegas’ inspired to read law by her father Eddie Fewtrell funeral ALSO READ: Timothy Mowry: Ex-soldier who’s the poppa of Tia and Tamera Mowry Eddie Fewtrell and BirminghamFuneral arrangements have yet to be made, but a number of “faces” are expected at the service. Manning, after all, was one of the last links to London’s thriving, 1060s underworld industry. Eddie Fewtrell was 90 years old at the time of his death in 2022. ‘King of clubs’: The Eddie Fewtrell story

The Clash Birmingham Barbarellas - 1 May 1978". Archived from the original on 5 December 2009 . Retrieved 2 March 2010. 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. Later, he invested the proceeds from the sale of cars in several Birmingham nightclubs, including Bermuda, Boogies, and Abigails. The Clash Birmingham Barbarellas - 13 November 1978". Archived from the original on 28 August 2009 . Retrieved 2 March 2010. And he loved the Krays. A lot of people didn’t take him seriously, but he really did live that life.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. He was married to Hazel Fewtrell. The couple got married in 1956. They had a daughter named Abigail Fewtrell. 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. The Clash Birmingham Barbarellas - 24 January 1978". Archived from the original on 5 December 2009 . Retrieved 2 March 2010. Lambrianou recalled: “There was an incident, for example, with Patsy Manning. The twins took the hump with him after giving him money to go visiting a certain individual in Parkhurst Prison. Patsy didn’t bother going to visit this man, but went out drinking instead.