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On the Cobbles: The Life of a Bare-knuckled Gypsy Warrior | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jimmy Stockin, Martin King, Martin Knight
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 58558
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 208
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 1840185090
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781840185096
ASIN: 1840185090
Publication Date: September 27, 2001
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Killed a couple of hours with it January 8, 2008
J. Greenhow (UK)
I did read it cover to cover non stop (but then again I had nothing better to do at the time). It was a frank and insightful look at the life of travellers through the eyes of one of their own, and the descriptions of the bare-knuckle fights were rather better than some I've read.
On the other hand, Stockin gleefully describes property damage, theft and GBH and then with the same breath, moans about how he can't understand why gypsies are despised and mistrusted by non-gypsies, which becomes irritating after a while.
 starts promising but falls over its own hypocrisy... December 30, 2007
pkx166h (United Kingdom)
This book was 'dictated' by the author who (quite proudly it seems) cannot read or write himself. There is even a 'I swear that all that is in this book is true...' type of preamble to the book which, I have to say, made me suspicious from the start.
However the stories told by Mr Cobbles are entertaining and you do get an insight into the 'travelling' life. However hypocrisy is obviously something this man is not aware of as while on one hand he berates us 'gorgeis' (those who live in houses) for unfairly tarring him and his fellow 'mushes/tinkers/gypsies etc' (all used in the book) as criminals or ne'er-do-wells, the next page he is winking and nudging all the way through his story how he and one of his pals 'aquired' a Truck and some paint so that no one would be able to track the stolen vehicle down. This is just one example of double-standards.
At the point he and his family were all 'forced' into a house and the subsequent pictures of him and his family all stood proudly smiling outside their nice semi in some suburban area next to the picture of his 'dear ol mum' getting into a hired strecth limo resplendent with Tiara, I stopped caring.
What this book needed was a good editing (what was the point of a picture of him drinking a cup of 'rosie' again?), but I feel that would have made the book too small. It was a diverting read, but fails about half way through to keep one's attention and you stop caring about the author.
 On The Cobbles December 11, 2007
M. Warburton (UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Better than Pretty Boy and The Guv'nor, but not a patch on Bartley Gorman's book, not even close.
 Brilliant November 21, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
It takes me about a week to read an interesting Biography normally. This took me two days. I really got into it so much I felt as though I was there with them at times. This would make a fantastic film so someone should send Guy Richie a copy.
I hope I bump into Jim one day and I'll buy him a beer.
My favorite March 2, 2004
J. Swift (New Castle, IN United States)
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
I orderded a bunch of Bareknuckle boxing books off of Amazon.co.uk,
I read The Tarmac Warrior, The Guvnor, Roy Shaw, King of The Gypsy's, and On the Cobbles. By far my favorite fighter was Jimmy Stockin. He told his story in a down to earth way. He didnt hide behind an "I cant be beat attitude". He was just a guy who loved his family, worked to live, free spirit who could admit his losses, faults, and failures. And the way he kept getting up after all life throwed at him, he is a true champion. I knew nothing of Gypsy's before I read these Bareknuckle books. And the thing that struck me the most about "On the Cobbles". Is that this book made me wish I was a Gypsy or at least hung around some of them. It made me want to attend a Say and listen to the old men tell tales. I wanted to be blown by the wind of destiny and not be rooted in the same house all the time. I wanted to go to the race tracks and fairs. Its been along time since a book has spoken so loudly to me. This book transports you back in time and you live Jimmy's life with him. I was so upset at the death of Muggy, I felt sorrow reading about it. And I shared in the rage when his killers got off. Its not fair how the Gypsy's have been treated in England. And now their way of life is becoming extinct because of laws and regulations. This book is motivational, sad, funny, and violent. What an awesome combination! Give this one a shot, you wont be sorry.Good luck Jimmy Dean Rocky Marciano Stockin. Im sure you'll do your father proud.
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