Have no idea who the Kray twins are? Well, they were notorious gangsters from East London involved in murder, robbery, assault and lots of dangerous stuff.
The infamous brothers, named Ronnie and Reggie, have been immortalised in cinema, too (Tom Hardy starred in one film).
Mum-of-five Lisa Tarr missed all that and decided to name her newborn twins Ronnie and Reggie.
The 27-year-old, from High Wycombe, Buckingham, says she never heard of the criminals but kept coming across the names Ronnie and Reggie on Google.
She had the premature boys in October and the pair were little fighters from the start – overcoming a nasty bout of bronchitis.
The full-time mum said when she announced the name people asked if they were named after the infamous Kray brothers.
But she said she’d never heard of the pair.
Lisa now insists that her babies are not named after the gangsters.
‘I kept Googling for boy names, and those two kept coming up,’ she explained.
‘When I told people I was thinking of calling my twins Ronnie and Reggie, they asked me if I was thinking of the Kray twins.
‘I’d not heard of them – obviously they’re not named after that Ronnie and Reggie! But they’re nice, old-fashioned names, and they suit my sons.
She has proudly dressed them in Christmas outfits – Reggie as Santa Claus, suited and booted in red and white, and Ronnie in a cute Elf costume with a pointy hat.
‘Reggie is a bit bigger than Ronnie, so we thought we’d have to dress him up as Santa instead of Ronnie,’ she added.
‘But Ronnie is a little smaller, and is a little mischief – so he’s definitely an elf!
‘The two of them are so beautiful, and such tough fighters!’
Cuties Ronnie and Reggie were born prematurely in Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, weighing just 4lb 6oz each.
They’ve had an uphill battle since and spent two weeks in November recovering from a nasty bout of bronchitis.
But Lisa’s youngest boys have gone from strength to strength and she can’t wait to spend this holiday with them at their healthiest yet.
Lisa – also mum to Jordan, 10, Kye, four, and Lyla, two – and her 30-year-old handyman partner Noel Oxlade are spending Christmas Day with Lisa’s whole family.
She bought the cute Christmas outfits for £4 at Mothercare earlier this month.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/12/mum-who-named-newborns-ronnie-and-reggie-hadnt-heard-of-the-kray-twins-11771667/
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