: While the Shelbys are fictional, their world is populated by real people like Billy Kimber , Darby Sabini , and Oswald Mosley . Interestingly, in real life, Kimber wasn’t shot by a Birmingham gang leader but died of an illness in his 60s. 2. Thomas Shelby: The Prisoner of Peace
While the TV show places the Shelby family in the 1920s, the real Peaky Blinders were street gangs active much earlier—from the late 19th century to around 1910. Peaky Blinders You Know
: He is a man of contradictions—ruthless and calculating, yet deeply loyal to the Romani heritage and family ties that ground him. : While the Shelbys are fictional, their world