I used to go to a little club in Streatham when I was 17 or 18, and Nosher worked the door. I clumped a bloke on the dance floor while Carl Cox was DJing that night. Anyway, I was thrown out and barred, so the next week I went back with my pals, and I wore sunglasses and a beach hat for a disguise. I thought the disguise worked until I passed Nosher at the top of the stairs, where he let me pass him to then only kick me up the arse and laugh, saying, Behave tonight, son.
I met nosher on a film set 40 years ago, he was a stunt man, he was a very funny man, he had us in stitches, with his humour, he his gone now, but never will be forgotten
Thanks for this, well narrated and brilliant stories of Nosher. These were great characters, seemingly nothing like them now possibly. RIP guys and thanks for the legendary tales told here. Thanks also for the heads up on Noshers book, that will be next read for me.
I genuinely think people don't realise how big these guy's actually are. I work with a 6,4 polish ex bouncer. Monster of a man. These guy's are just built different
If any of the 60’s/70/80’s hardmen deserve a film it’s Nosher. His work in the film industry(I believe he was stuntman in most of that era’s bond films among others) he was also bodyguard to the richest man in the world for a time as well. True legend.. No one who ever met the “fist of numbness” will forget it.
He was a huge lumb but a gentleman. I met him outside Greenwich hospital when he was having treatment before he passed. Long gone but never forgotten 🙏 RIP Lenny
Being a Kiwi and so far away from the UK I had not heard of Nosher before as such, just a passing mention in vids about the Krays or whatever but this is the most I have heard of him at one time. Had an interesting life it seems, Ya Love To See It. RIP Nosher Powell. Legend.
I remember going into a certain London nightclub, with Steve Jarman, Lenny, John ‘the neck’ and Al Crossley working. Steve gave me a nod (as we were fellow Paratroopers) but good Lord it was a door team full of menace. No trouble that night, of that I’m sure!
he wasn't 6'4" he was listed by himself as 6'2 & a half and most people inflate their height. There's a photo on the web of Nosher standing next to Oliver Reed who was 5'11" and Nosher looks an inch taller. The exaggeration in the underworld is legendary. It's the old 'I've been shot twice' but they leave out the bit telling us it was with a spud gun. Nosher was as hard as they come, there's no need to exaggerate.
My Dad worked the doors in Soho back in the 60's and he pretty much backs up what you said. He knew a few "gangland legends" and says the ghost-written books are mostly fairy stories and many of those who had their names on the cover were people considered idiots and dreamers back in the day.. Ron Kray mostly invented the perception of British gangland with the book John Pearson wrote, basically sponsored by Ron and his deluded and warped version of his story. When that book was a bestseller every halfwit thug in London was trying to sell the story of their own glorious criminal career,oddly often at least one decade of which these criminal masterminds spent in jail. My old man knew Brian Reader,Bruce Reynolds,John Bindon and Eric Mason amongst others and his memories of a lot of those "big names" differ significantly from their "legend". Basically there was a market for those kinds of books,still is and that's now spread to UA-cam and the fake legends perpetuate.
@@dave8204Everyones perception of themself is different, its all relative and unless your with someone everyday 24hours a day you won't really know the truth.
Exactly and he doesn’t know that they were not as hard as they say they were either. I am sure if one of them stepped up to you bitd, you wouldn’t dare fight any of them.
Smithfield Mkt a place full of characters, Nosher being one of them, i was 15 humping meat about gave you strength.working with these big lumps gave you balls, great men great times.👍👏👏👏🦁🦁🦁
Nosher 1:35 is a true legend, him and his bro dinny, propped up British TV from the early 60s, they were in everything!,right up to the comic strip in the 80s!, was fab in eat the rich, big hero of mine!
If Nosher was with that City road firm the Krays would not have put it on him, no way. I know Lenny had it with them so it follows . I think the Krays went out there way in one of their earlier books to mention the high regard they held that other firm " Our good friends" I think was the phrase they used.
There's a big difference between a karate match in a dojo where the whole point is to score points for form and technique and a fight compared to a fight where the point iscto hurt you as much as possible 😅
I was at cup final 1973 yeah that's true about 40 lads went in pub can't remember the name but there was hell on people getting knocked out chucked out of boozer it was class
In their era I suppose these men were considered top fighters but things have changed drastically since then. I'm a white belt in karate (I go to classes twice a week in the evenings) and they'd have been fools to cross me. Don't get me wrong, I never go looking for trouble but if it comes my way I know how to handle the situation. Being only 5'1" gives me a great advantage in speed, precision and agility. These men were essentially knuckleheads throwing haymakers. A technical fighter like me would have been far too much for them. I'm going for my blue belt next month.
Usually people who have a high opinion of themselves get brought back to earth with a bang. It’s best just to keep your gob firmly shut and crack on. Just my tuppence worth, no offence intended.
Nosher also admitted that he ran down the middle of the road after locking a club after turning the twins away earlier on. Thought they might be laying in wait to cut him up, which of course the would have done if they hadn't found something better to do. He knew full their kind of violence was well out of his league. Its always been so with those who are willing to murder. Its the ONLY way to the top table.
The corner pin wimbledon - tooting i see nosher and his son knocked out 100%: true im 61 now and the men we whare with are still names todaj great times
Good video but let's not forget (us oldies know) that those Blake Publishing books were 50% shite and ALL written by ghost-writers (McLeans was written by Peter Gerard , Shaws by Kate Kray , and Leach's by some utter twat) . Take them all with a wheelbarrow of salt and you can't go wrong
You’re not wrong but despite the embellished stories in most Nosher was verified boxer, stuntman and doorman and always said he didn’t use tools n wasn’t a villain. My mate had a bestseller and was literally robbed blind by a publisher. It was dealt with and cheque paid
I've posted a fuller version of this elsewhere but you're exactly right. My Dad knew a lot of "big names" from back then and told me exactly what you've just said,in one case, "the bloke could barely write his name,let alone a book".
Just done a little research, the club owner was Jack isow, i got the surname wrong, isows was a famous restaurant and nightclub on brewer Street in soho and a popular haunt of celebrities including frank sinatra, Judy garland and Danny kaye, some of whom had their names embossed in gold letters on the back of the red leather chairs, jack was a wealthy Jewish entrepreneur and nosher looked after the place for many years.
It was spelt Isow's it was on Brewer Street all the Hollywood stars used to go there when they were in London they had their names on the back of the chairs Frank Sinatra etc I remember the big fish tank in the window customers would choose the fish or lobster they wanted That was back in the days when Soho had character. I worked in Brewer Street when I first left school I remember the strip clubs,Italian cafes, Jewish bakers Grozinski's and Carol's salt beef bar and delicatessen, Solomon' boxing club countless Spielers a nd drinking clubs,the messages bext to door bells "new French model" restaurants night clubs and coffee bars.The place was alive and edgy nothing like today th
please we know he took liberties. its nice to hear he looked after you and you apprecite it but thers plenty of stories to balance applyable to many i suppose i was at the astoria rainbow when he fought cliff fields
Read that book years ago fantastic read, if i'm right i seem to remember him saying Jean claude vandam and Charles bronson the Actor tried their luck with him squaring up when he was working with them and Sinatra was a bit of an asshole.
My old pal tommy merry England's strongest man back in the day worked with lenny on the doors...in his words he was a machine...both dead now riep of ya.
I don't see this story anywhere else on the Internet and thousands of other people enjoyed it. Some people enjoy hearing about the characters of the past, if not your thing lots of other channels out there
Lol. The word started out in the Jewish community when they were talking about food. They would say I'm just going to Blooms restaurant in Whitechapel for a nosh. You would not want to have taken one off their waiters that's for sure 😊
There's a big difference between a karate match in a dojo where the whole point is to score points for form and technique and a fight compared to a fight where the point iscto hurt you as much as possible 😅
I used to go to a little club in Streatham when I was 17 or 18, and Nosher worked the door. I clumped a bloke on the dance floor while Carl Cox was DJing that night. Anyway, I was thrown out and barred, so the next week I went back with my pals, and I wore sunglasses and a beach hat for a disguise. I thought the disguise worked until I passed Nosher at the top of the stairs, where he let me pass him to then only kick me up the arse and laugh, saying, Behave tonight, son.
The club was called Ziggy's
😂😂 great story too dj Carl some good nights
@@edwindean1047are you any relation to guy Edwin by any chance I know it's one in a million but he is an old mate
No mate
Nosher sounds like a good doorman for letting you know the score, but also letting you go to enjoy your night 👍
I met nosher on a film set 40 years ago, he was a stunt man, he was a very funny man, he had us in stitches, with his humour, he his gone now, but never will be forgotten
Nosher had a pub in South London, I worked for him for a while
Thanks for this, well narrated and brilliant stories of Nosher.
These were great characters, seemingly nothing like them now possibly.
RIP guys and thanks for the legendary tales told here. Thanks also for the heads up on Noshers book, that will be next read for me.
Thankyou mate
I genuinely think people don't realise how big these guy's actually are. I work with a 6,4 polish ex bouncer. Monster of a man. These guy's are just built different
Brilliant mate, great pics and footage I hadn't seen of Roy and Lenny aswell 🥊
Cheers mate I enjoyed this one legend Nosher. I had some great ad clips aswell but couldn't show cus copyright
I remember Ziggy's, Sinatra's .The Thomas a Becket and Nosher's pub This brings back a lot of memories
Zigis was called Chaplin's first.
I tell you what mate, that was a great story about lenny there!! Gave me goosebumps when he appeared on the car park 💪😂 good stuff mate 👌😎
The name Nosher Powell sounds like a character from Only Fools & Horses.
Remember seeing Nosher Powell on This is your life as a kid, what a Career!
The film of this show was lost by ITV many years ago but the audio is still available on the internet.
Excellent video really enjoyed it . Great story.
Great video. Big thumbs up.👍👍👍👍👍👍
If any of the 60’s/70/80’s hardmen deserve a film it’s Nosher. His work in the film industry(I believe he was stuntman in most of that era’s bond films among others) he was also bodyguard to the richest man in the world for a time as well. True legend.. No one who ever met the “fist of numbness” will forget it.
I believe you’re right about him being a stuntman given that he says that he was in this very video.🙄
Nosher had a son called Greg Powell...great bloke 😮
I knew Greg Powell
Who was the richest man in the world back then?
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John Paul Getty (along with celebs like Sammy Davis Jr) was who he minded for a time.
@@johnsalvidge4131I worked with Greg Powell as well. Another top man.
I've been reading John The Neck Houchin's book and he mentioned that Lenny told him that Alan Crossley was the most powerful man he ever knew.
Yes good book that @mattlegg1976 done a cracking video on him
Well he did win Britain's strongest man!
He was a huge lumb but a gentleman. I met him outside Greenwich hospital when he was having treatment before he passed. Long gone but never forgotten 🙏 RIP Lenny
Being a Kiwi and so far away from the UK I had not heard of Nosher before as such, just a passing mention in vids about the Krays or whatever but this is the most I have heard of him at one time. Had an interesting life it seems, Ya Love To See It. RIP Nosher Powell. Legend.
Great content as usual
I remember going into a certain London nightclub, with Steve Jarman, Lenny, John ‘the neck’ and Al Crossley working. Steve gave me a nod (as we were fellow Paratroopers) but good Lord it was a door team full of menace. No trouble that night, of that I’m sure!
I bet you go round telling strangers you were a paratrooper 🤣
@ You’ve been watching me haven’t you!
Fab post, thank you.
Met Lenny a few times in the mid 80s when he did the door and security at the Hippodrome. Top guy.
Read his book years ago. First time I’d heard of him but even if a fraction of the stories about him are true then he’s definitely a hard hard man
I forgot about Maestros until this video, I always wanted an MG Maestro Turbo when I was a kid in early 90’s 😂
There's nothing wrong with having big dreams
@ 😂
he wasn't 6'4" he was listed by himself as 6'2 & a half and most people inflate their height. There's a photo on the web of Nosher standing next to Oliver Reed who was 5'11" and Nosher looks an inch taller. The exaggeration in the underworld is legendary. It's the old 'I've been shot twice' but they leave out the bit telling us it was with a spud gun. Nosher was as hard as they come, there's no need to exaggerate.
My Dad worked the doors in Soho back in the 60's and he pretty much backs up what you said. He knew a few "gangland legends" and says the ghost-written books are mostly fairy stories and many of those who had their names on the cover were people considered idiots and dreamers back in the day.. Ron Kray mostly invented the perception of British gangland with the book John Pearson wrote, basically sponsored by Ron and his deluded and warped version of his story. When that book was a bestseller every halfwit thug in London was trying to sell the story of their own glorious criminal career,oddly often at least one decade of which these criminal masterminds spent in jail.
My old man knew Brian Reader,Bruce Reynolds,John Bindon and Eric Mason amongst others and his memories of a lot of those "big names" differ significantly from their "legend". Basically there was a market for those kinds of books,still is and that's now spread to UA-cam and the fake legends perpetuate.
@@dave8204Everyones perception of themself is different, its all relative and unless your with someone everyday 24hours a day you won't really know the truth.
Exactly and he doesn’t know that they were not as hard as they say they were either. I am sure if one of them stepped up to you bitd, you wouldn’t dare fight any of them.
The picture of him jumping on Roy Shaw isn't Nosher, that was his brother Dinny in the large tortoiseshell glasses.
Not Dinsdale ? ! . . . of the Pihrana Brothers ?
Smithfield Mkt a place full of characters, Nosher being one of them, i was 15 humping meat about gave you strength.working with these big lumps gave you balls, great men great times.👍👏👏👏🦁🦁🦁
Nosher 1:35 is a true legend, him and his bro dinny, propped up British TV from the early 60s, they were in everything!,right up to the comic strip in the 80s!, was fab in eat the rich, big hero of mine!
Great story , very interesting , loved it .
Saying Roy shaw was the only man the twins were scared of is a bit far. I think Charlie n Eddie Richardson might have something to say about that
i sat next to him at a boxing show really nice bloke id just read his book we chatted about it and went outside for a smoke with him
fantastic book i read it many years ago .
blinding mate love listening.
He said Lenny and Roy Shaw had 2 fights but they had 3 with Roy winning the first and Lenny the second 2.
Brit Funk band Direct Drive : We used to gig at the Thomas A Becket in the 80's. Had some great nights there.
GREAT upload pal really enjoyed this one and definitely gonna get nosher powells book👍
Thankyou mate
Opposite Tottenham police station was The Ritz Club and He kept Order.
I met nosher as a younger as he was from the same area as me
He’s used to go down kc boxing gym
Nice fella
best book i have ever read
Nice fella always in the Becket in the Old Kent Road and also down the East lane market.
That Lenny story was 👌
Nosher use to be on the door at the green man in the old Kent road. He seemed like a nice guy not a bully like some bouncers.
Owned by Mr Scott and he also had the Dun Cow over the road.
If Nosher was with that City road firm the Krays would not have put it on him, no way. I know Lenny had it with them so it follows . I think the Krays went out there way in one of their earlier books to mention the high regard they held that other firm " Our good friends" I think was the phrase they used.
Great story 👏🏻
Having Big Lenny and Nosher showing up to settle a debt and throw hands, that might be a problem lol.
Lenny came up to Scotland yapping about how hard he was until big Agnes got a hold of him and gave him a thrashing.
imgine walking round corner and seeing an angry lenny sat on car bonnet 🤣🤣fuck that off😂 awesome brother
Read his book years ago one of the best books couldn't put it down
Hi mate, in his book, when he was working as a stuntman, was a story about when he met Van Dam in there??
The restaurant/club in the west end where Nosher refused to let the Krays in was Isow's in Brewer Street soho
There's a big difference between a karate match in a dojo where the whole point is to score points for form and technique and a fight compared to a fight where the point iscto hurt you as much as possible 😅
I worked on several films with Nosher and he was a star himself….
Remember him in one of the On The Buses films coming home early and finding Stan ( Reg Varney) in bed with his bird.
I didn’t know that was him lol, you mean the one who had 3 pairs of knickers on the line at the turnaround if her husband was out? 😂
Ronnie looks like Frankie Howard in that opening pic 😂😂😂
They had a lot in common, probably knew each other.
Frank Sinatra used Nosher as his personal security whenever he visited the UK.
Excellent.
You've missed out the real Guvnor, beat McLean twice, the one and only Cliffy Field.
Remember nosher in the film eat the rich
Me too. He was allegedly chosen because he would hang off a helicopter.
Good show. Do know how Nosher got that nick name?
I was at cup final 1973 yeah that's true about 40 lads went in pub can't remember the name but there was hell on people getting knocked out chucked out of boozer it was class
In their era I suppose these men were considered top fighters but things have changed drastically since then. I'm a white belt in karate (I go to classes twice a week in the evenings) and they'd have been fools to cross me. Don't get me wrong, I never go looking for trouble but if it comes my way I know how to handle the situation. Being only 5'1" gives me a great advantage in speed, precision and agility. These men were essentially knuckleheads throwing haymakers. A technical fighter like me would have been far too much for them. I'm going for my blue belt next month.
Usually people who have a high opinion of themselves get brought back to earth with a bang. It’s best just to keep your gob firmly shut and crack on. Just my tuppence worth, no offence intended.
well done!!
@@billymcf2935 Thanks. Always be careful who you pick a fight with. He may be a trained karate expert like me.
@@asensibleyoungman2978 My karate instructor told me not to pick a fight with anyone ever,I'd have thought that was generally given advice.
You look tough in your pic to be fair. I wouldn’t mess with you that’s for sure.
Big Nosher, there's a handful
Cool up load
Nosher also admitted that he ran down the middle of the road after locking a club after turning the twins away earlier on. Thought they might be laying in wait to cut him up, which of course the would have done if they hadn't found something better to do. He knew full their kind of violence was well out of his league. Its always been so with those who are willing to murder. Its the ONLY way to the top table.
They were,literally,lunatics. No matter how big,hard or strong you are avoiding insane people is very wise.
How come London's men can't deal with Kahn?
They’re not like they used to be lol, nowadays they’re more into make up, manicures and Botox .
I believe he was jaws stunt man in James bond
The corner pin wimbledon - tooting i see nosher and his son knocked out 100%: true im 61 now and the men we whare with are still names todaj great times
Thankfully he was in loads of films
Jack's place York Road Battersea was the best restaurant in South London
Nosher was in one of the Comic Strip films, blah blah. lol
Good video but let's not forget (us oldies know) that those Blake Publishing books were 50% shite and ALL written by ghost-writers (McLeans was written by Peter Gerard , Shaws by Kate Kray , and Leach's by some utter twat) . Take them all with a wheelbarrow of salt and you can't go wrong
You’re not wrong but despite the embellished stories in most Nosher was verified boxer, stuntman and doorman and always said he didn’t use tools n wasn’t a villain. My mate had a bestseller and was literally robbed blind by a publisher. It was dealt with and cheque paid
I've posted a fuller version of this elsewhere but you're exactly right. My Dad knew a lot of "big names" from back then and told me exactly what you've just said,in one case, "the bloke could barely write his name,let alone a book".
@@enquirer2.0it was dealt with 😂 oooo you sound dead scary
I can remember going to a club called bang in streatham, where it was alleged that the week before nosher was stabbed in the backside 😮
R.I.PNOSHER R.IP LENNY BOTH GOOD MEN BOTH HARD MEN .👍👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏👊🤛💖💕👣👣🤼XXX
The geezer was taxed an extra monkey for the grief. 😂
that is some duo nosher and lenny to go up against rather them than me
Did they not have three fights?
Yes.Roy 1 Lenny 2. The uploader did correct this mistake towards the end of the video
Im pretty sure the club in question was, isoes, owned by a guy called jack isoe.
Yes that's the one!
Just done a little research, the club owner was Jack isow, i got the surname wrong, isows was a famous restaurant and nightclub on brewer Street in soho and a popular haunt of celebrities including frank sinatra, Judy garland and Danny kaye, some of whom had their names embossed in gold letters on the back of the red leather chairs, jack was a wealthy Jewish entrepreneur and nosher looked after the place for many years.
It was spelt Isow's it was on Brewer Street all the Hollywood stars used to go there when they were in London they had their names on the back of the chairs Frank Sinatra etc I remember the big fish tank in the window customers would choose the fish or lobster they wanted That was back in the days when Soho had character. I worked in Brewer Street when I first left school I remember the strip clubs,Italian cafes, Jewish bakers Grozinski's and Carol's salt beef bar and delicatessen, Solomon' boxing club countless Spielers a nd drinking clubs,the messages bext to door bells "new French model" restaurants night clubs and coffee bars.The place was alive and edgy nothing like today
th
please we know he took liberties. its nice to hear he looked after you and you apprecite it but thers plenty of stories to balance applyable to many i suppose i was at the astoria rainbow when he fought cliff fields
What round did Fields knock him out?
Who is the hardest man today?
Ronnie Pickering
Don’t be stupid
Muhammed I'm hard Bruce Lee Jr
@@kungfunigel hes the hardest man, period. When all the rest have been forgotten about, they'll still be talking about Ronnie.
@@kungfunigelRonnie bloody Pickering is a clown lol he lives near me and thinks he’s the dogs nuts after that went viral
Rip big man
Was that Fiona Richmond he was seeing, lucky fkr 😂
Read his book years ok. He had a life
Read a book called hard nites by roy adams about lpool night life gangsters if interested mate realy good book
Il defo look that one up
@@enquirer2.0 realy good mate bits about London firms in lpool
Read that book years ago fantastic read, if i'm right i seem to remember him saying Jean claude vandam and Charles bronson the Actor tried their luck with him squaring up when he was working with them and Sinatra was a bit of an asshole.
Roy's eyes were the scariest thing about him he looked like a shark
He did TV too ?
Did a lot of ads
Eat the Rich was a Channel 4 movie.
Sounds like a decent man to me 👌💯
My old pal tommy merry England's strongest man back in the day worked with lenny on the doors...in his words he was a machine...both dead now riep of ya.
Why have you had to censor the word Maestro?
It causes PTSD in people who once owned a Maestro
🤣🤣
No mystery just a slight error with editing
Haha Terry! That's me then! Wondered why I burst into tears 😂
@@terryyakamoto3488 The only good thing about the Maestro was that it wasn't the Allegro.
Looks like an American serial killer
Imagine been a bloke and the nickname Nosher lol
Nosher 6,2 1/2"
Lenny was 6,2"
They did have 3 fights not 2
Yes a Maestro, what a pile of crap.
I bet the cray twins have a different version
Macken Sunderland fans, wonder if Benny the brick was with them, daft as brushes.
What about Biffa Bacon and Ronnie Pickering.
biggs bacon was a puff
They had 3 not 2 fights matex 1 roy len 2
Yes mate I explain that at the end of video
@enquirer2.0 yea sorry mate
People still hang on to these little stories. So much exaggeration and nothing new to come out of it.
I don't see this story anywhere else on the Internet and thousands of other people enjoyed it. Some people enjoy hearing about the characters of the past, if not your thing lots of other channels out there
I heard he deffo hurt people who don't deserve it , sorry 😮
Isn’t the vat man and the tax man the same man 😂
Nosher, really is an awful name given todays meaning of that
Lol. The word started out in the Jewish community when they were talking about food. They would say I'm just going to Blooms restaurant in Whitechapel for a nosh. You would not want to have taken one off their waiters that's for sure 😊
@@jamisu5467 I was brought up in S.E. London and "nosh" was commonly used for food.
@@dave8204
It was indeed young man. I'm from that manor.
They had 3 fights Lenny won 2 Roy won 1
There's a big difference between a karate match in a dojo where the whole point is to score points for form and technique and a fight compared to a fight where the point iscto hurt you as much as possible 😅