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One Chance

Surviving London's Gangs

Nicola Stow Terroll Lewis

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English
Ad Lib Publishers Ltd
15 November 2021
'It'd be easy for me to go back to my old life, but I know where that old life leads you. You're either behind prison bars or six feet underground.'

Terroll Lewis has lived a crazy life. Growing up on Brixton's Myatts' Field estate, he was surrounded by gang culture, and like so many other young people, he found it hard to resist the lifestyle. By the time he was 15, he had already joined a gang, been stabbed, shot at, and was selling drugs.

A chance to play professional football offered a way out, but the lure of an easier life — the promise of girls, money, and cars — led him back to South London and the notorious OC, or Organised Crime, gang.

Violence and drug dealing were the norm in OC, but Terroll has long since turned his back on this world, through the association with OC endures through the ink on his skin.

These days Teroll's giving something back, Black Workout, with a street-gym he founded in his old neighbourhood, gives young men an opportunity to follow a different road to the one he took during his adolescence — helping them developing their minds as well as their bodies — and the chance to live a better life.
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Imprint:   Ad Lib Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm, 
ISBN:   9781913543730
ISBN 10:   1913543730
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Nicola Stow is the bestselling co-author of a number of books. She has over twenty years of experience as a national newspaper and magazine journalist. Terroll Lewis was involved in some of the most serious street gang warfare ever seen in London. While on remand for murder (a crime of which he was eventually acquitted) he re-evaluated his life. On his release he founded the BlockWorkOut Foundation, a charitable trust that supports his Brixton Street Gym, which is accessible to everyone regardless of income, and The ManTalk, an online platform that promotes male positivity.

Reviews for One Chance: Surviving London's Gangs

""Terroll's story and most importantly his transformation and growth are inspiring to read."" -- Akala


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