DD That being Freddie Foreman. Freddie Foreman, ex-gangster and associate of the Kray twins stepped out at Genesis Cinema on 13th April 2018 for the premiere of Fred, a documentary about his life. Freddie Foreman, once an enforcer for the Kray twins, said violence was sometimes a necessary occupational hazard for a gangster in postwar London. Apart from the Kray and Richardson representatives, also present were Great Train Robber Bruce Reynolds, one-time gangland enforcer Freddie Foreman and hardman debt collector Dave Courtney. This is your chance to learn some more about that 60s gangster that you may have not known. Freddie Foreman Is the Last of London's Old-School Gangsters We spoke to the director of a new documentary about the one-time Kray associate, and last vestige of a bygone age. There was also a circular tribute of chrysanthemums, carnations and roses from Freddie Foreman, a leading member of the Kray "firm", and his son Jamie. Retired gangsters Freddie Foreman, 84, and Eddie Richardson, 82, clashed in the pews at the funeral of Great Train Robber Tommy Wisbey, 86. Among the mourners were Lambrianou's second wife, Wendy; Charlie Richardson, a 1960s gangland rival of the Krays; Freddie Foreman, another underworld figure and … But Foreman … R etired gangsters Freddie Foreman, 84, and Eddie Richardson, 82, clashed in the pews at the funeral of Great Train Robber Tommy Wisbey, 86.. What prompted the confrontation is not clear but it wouldn’t take much to provoke a bit of pushing and shoving between two such characters. Freddie Foreman was born 5th of March 1932 in Sheepcote Lane in Battersea, London. Born and raised in Battersea, South London, Freddie had to make the move East because, as he puts it, ‘I couldn’t walk down the street anymore.’ Where did he move? The name is Old English, and most likely derivation is from “foremost” or “leading” man, exactly as the work position of foreman in the building trade denotes a leader of a team of men, the same was true of the first holders of this name, in this case perhaps a leader of a team of shipwrights or carpenters. Freddie is now 86 years old and he is one of last surviving old-school London gangsters.
Freddie Foreman’s ancestors were no exception to this rule.