South Side Jew Boys
One of the lesser known Scottish Gangs probably because they were inactive from Sundown on a Friday night. When I first heard of them I was thinking of Yiddish gang cries echoing through the Gorbals as far as Govan, “Ben-Gurian Ya Bas”. Maybe in the past, but by the 60's their patch was in the Giffnock and Newton Mearns, mostly Sellic supporters at that time as Ibrox was then was surrounded by people selling right wing papers, just like now. I assume Parkhead is not so attractive now. (Of course Keith who supplied me with the information could have been taking the piss) Scots take pride in the fact we never expelled the Jews from our land and there never has been state persecution of the Jews, as supported by David Daiches (Two Worlds 1956). The alternatives to this view is simple. There were no Jews in Scotland until the mid 19 th century. The Edict of Expulsion was enacted in 1290 when Edward was in reality the Guardian of a monarchless Scotland so any Jews here...
