Documentg the Insane Pope’s and Chigo Gaylord’s War which divid the Whe Greaser gangs Chigo the early seventi.
Contents:
- LIV OF THE GAYLORD GANG
- CHIGO GAYLORDS
- GAYLORDS (CHIGO GANG)
- GAYLORD
- GAYLORD
- WHAT DO GAYLORD GANG STAND FOR?
- GUNNNG GAYLORDS
LIV OF THE GAYLORD GANG
The Chigo Gaylords is a whe Chigo street gang that was found durg the 1940s. The gang took s name om the Gaylord (Gaillard) fay of Normandy, and s origal members were mostly Italian, Irish, and Greek-Amerin World War II veterans. The "club" has s own clubho and... * gaylord gang *
John Hagedorn, UIC profsor of crimology, law and jtice, was terviewed by the Chigo Tribune for his rearch on the Gaylord gang - his asssment of the gang was that they reprented more of a mol for racist, whe youth to illegal substanc rather than an anized crimal enty. The gang took s name om the Gaylord (Gaillard) fay of Normandy, and s origal members were mostly Italian, Irish, and Greek-Amerin World War II veterans.
Are they actually homosexuals or what do Gaylord mean, why would they ll themselv Gaylords that is too easy to get disrpected on.
It don't help that once someone onle who claimed to be a Gaylord told me that they have to do Gaylord sh to get ducted to the gang but apparently this isn't te? Even though they ll themselv "gay lords", if there's a misnceptns here I would appreciate anyone wh more knowledge to expla this gang a b more to me sce I believe that person was tryg to troll me & was not a te "gay lord".
CHIGO GAYLORDS
Gaylords is a predomantly whe gang om Chigo, Illois." property="og:scriptn * gaylord gang *
Unver the experienc of whe youth walkg the streets of Chigo the 1970s and 1980s as we lve to the history and signifince of the Chigo Gaylords. ; the Gaylords' Social Athletic Club the Grand and Ogn area, which was affiliated wh the Junr Postal Athletic Club, and is loted the Ltle Italy sectn known as the Patch.
GAYLORDS (CHIGO GANG)
Southsi Gaylords were very active om the mid 1960s until the mid 1970s. * gaylord gang *
Ga sights to the existence of Chigo street gangs and wns how the Gaylords grew om a neighborhood street gang the 1950s to the largt whe gang Chigo. The Chigo Gaylords, assumed to be a North Si Street Gang, had sectns on the South Si Sherman Park (55th and Ashland), 18th and Wtern (Pilsen area), and Bridgeport (Throop Street). Two non-fictn novels have been wrten about the Chigo Gaylords street gang: Great Amerin Youth and Lords of Kilbourn wrten by Rocker, a former Lawndale and Altgeld and Kilbourn Park Gaylord.
Durg the late 1940s, the Gaylords Street gang, which was origally a softball club known as Junr Postal, started gaed promence. The report has that Gaylords softball club was ially known as “Gay Lords, ” which had s orig om “Larry”--the origal lear—who took upon himself to search out s meang om the dictnary.
Some schools of thought say is probably bee of the e of the word “Gay” by society at that pot time to note a cheerful mood.
GAYLORD
UNLIKE OTHER STREET NATIONS OR GANGS, THE GAYLORDS HAVE NEVER HAD ANY MAJOR PRESIDENT OR LEADER. * gaylord gang *
Due to the store ont that the origal Gaylord nverge at—ont of Angie’s Bar at 1323 Wt Huron Street—their street rner me to be Huron and Throop. In spe of Huron and Throop beg the ma rners, Grand and Noble was actually the general area where to loted Gaylords due to the by life around the avenue of Grand and another object of tert like rtrants. The gangs the early 1960s, cludg the Gaylords, distanced themselv om vlence, which later emerged as time progrsed.
Even up to the 1960s, Gaylords was regard to be a simple turf gang; though they would face some difficult tim the over-populated street of Chigo.
The Sherman Park Gaylords were part of the UFO alliance wh Palmer Street and Grand and Noble, and Kilbourn Park Gaylords. In 1966, when the Halsted Street Htlers were approached by the Taylor Street Gaylords and the 55th and Ashland Gaylords started; most of the origal members me om Englewood and Wt Englewood. As more Police prence h the Burger Kg area and more and more recs started to e om the Back of the Yards/Sherman Park area, the Gaylords started to hang out at Sherman Park.
GAYLORD
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A former Gaylord had this to say about the gang fight: if not mistaken about the major gangfight between the Sherman Park Gaylords and The Black Stone Rangers on the Bridge at Sherman Park - I talked to a Gaylord who was the Gaylord From 1966. I was only 6 at the time and lived a few Blocks om Sherman Park and yterday talked to two of the Origal Gaylords om that era and You asked me if this was tue about the Paddy Wagons takg Gaylords to the police statn?
Around 100-125 Gaylords me to Battle wh Molotov cktails, a Few Guns and a Couple of Shotguns, but maly Knif and Fist's on Both Sis. Also, was told to me yterday: was a Fact the very early 70's that The Sherman Park Gaylords went up to the North Si to attend a Gaylord and UFO meetgs at Sat Sylvters Church on Palmer.
A former Gaylord who was there had this to say:We had many of wars wh the Black P-Stone Rangers om East 71st Street and also om Madison Avenue and Wtern Avenue! An Ex-Gaylord told: "A ltle more History Chigo's Back Of The Yards had the Free Fair From July 5th th Augt 4th om the mid 50's th the Mid 70's,.
WHAT DO GAYLORD GANG STAND FOR?
OLDER IMPERIAL GANSTER SAID OF THE LAWNDALE GAYLORDS PUT IT LIKE THIS, THE L/A G/L'S FOUGHT LIKE OLD GANGSTERS YOU KNEW YOU HAD A FIGHT WHEN YOU ENTERED THAT HOOD AND YOU BETTER HAVE AN EXIT PLAN. * gaylord gang *
I believe that is the reason they closed the ee fair and go's back to the 60's where the GAYLORDS had a set om 21st to 26th and Oakley. The Gaylords om the sets also fought a Puerto Rin gang lled the Lat Souls, and a predomantly whe gang the Cornell D, so named. A Gage Park Graduate had this to say about the Gaylords' Turf, "The Fulton Gaylords' turf was 5100 South to 5500.
there were bothers each gang and that was the first time I saw the Gaylords brg the guns down om over the wall,. A former rint om 51st and Ashland had this to say about the South Si Gaylords: "The Gaylords were a solid gang that ran ep our hood. An ex-Gaylord had this to say: It was great tim back the Day when Gangbangg was Gangbangg not like today wh all the fought wh your Fist's, if not you had Bat's and Cha's.
Here is what the mid-70's Gaylord had to say about their tough gang fights: "The Sats fought tough wh the Gaylords back the Day. And, wasn�t jt the Gaylords: a lot of Gang members durg that era all succumbed to Dgs, and a lot died om plitns due to dirty needl, many for me to unt. The Gaylords mise was due to Whe Flight but they moved further wt to Ashland Ave the mid 70's, om 48th to 53rd.
GUNNNG GAYLORDS
From greaser to hip-hop, did not take the Gaylords long to set up chapters cy wi. This old school gang has never promised on 's valu. Come on and fd out the facts about our gang. * gaylord gang *
Article about the Tilt shootg and the mble between Cornell D and the Gaylords 1970s om and unintifiable publitn, Courty of Mr. In 1973, was a big Gaylord hangout wh Micky Slick, Smty, Vasko, Pud, Kook, Oil Can, Head, and the rt of the gang. The Gaylords started hangg out at the Hut when a guy named Osr bought and took over the Hut and renamed Osr's.
When I was 16 and ed to hang around at the Hut on 50th and Ashland (which was a well-known hippie and Gaylords hangout), the ps pulled up one night and ma me get the squad r. Two other sectns on the South Si that the Gaylords' held was on Throop Street between 31st and Archer and 18th and Wtern.
Therefore, all sectns on the Southsi of Chigo started by the 18th and Wtern Gaylords wore the black and brown lors like 55th and Ashland/Sherman Park Gaylords.
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Gaylord's learship stcture: unlike other street natns or gangs, the Gaylord's have never had any major print or lear that was ntrol of the entire llective group.
Police and feral agents swept through several suburban hom this morng, arrtg members of the "Almighty Gaylords" street gang followg an 18-month unrver vtigatn to allegatns of dg alg, gun traffickg and vlent members of the gang were charged wh feral gun crim, cludg sellg an AK-47 asslt rifle, and six others were charged wh state dg and gang crim, acrdg to the U. The Pope/Gaylord's war of the early seventi divid the Whe greaser gangs Chigo at a time when mory gang memberships were on the rise. The war between the Insane Pop and the Almighty Gaylord's (Chigo's largt Whe street gangs) ed a divisn that lasted to the People and Folk allianc, when the Gaylords joed the People and the Pop and the Simon Cy Royals joed the Folks.
The stori are told by former members of both gangs documentg the events leadg up to the battl between the Pop (IP) and the Gaylords (GL). IP: I rell when the trouble wh the Gaylords and Pop began, not many of felt good about , pecially the Pop that went to Lane Tech. After we left on our way back I rell Lark and C Kidd beg disappoted that there wasn't any of the heavy, dangero Gaylords there.
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So the day after Joe L got shot up by Dickson park I had to go back to Gaylord high school (Lane Tech) not beg wele at Lenni, I stayed the lunchroom. The next day we hear om RUA that mor was we laid a trap for the Gaylords and had a bunch of soldiers wag the alley. There was a short tce, wh the GAYLORDS, Pop and Royals that neighborhood, sce we all shared the mon enemy of the Kgs.
Us Lawndale Gaylord's tried to avoid this ltle war wh the Royals and Pop, but the Pop attacked at Lane lookg for Kilbourn Gaylords.
Zen: As far as I remember, the Gaylords didn't have one central lotn where they uld ll home that area until they kicked the Pop out of K/P. You’ve also got to remember that a lot of the guys weren't Gaylords until they all got together to fight agast the Pop who were kd of like the bulli who picked on anyone that wasn't a Pope so unified all the guys who wanted to see them gone.