Astor Club a remark which led to a gangland war (Cornell himself being shot dead in March 1966 in front of witnesses at the bar of the Blind Beggar pub in Whitechapel) and so, ultimately, to the trials and sentences which destroyed both the Kray and Richardson gangs. Indeed, when the Krays were arrested for the Cornell murder (two years after the fact), they were drinking (at 6 a.m.) at The Lion pub, Bethnal Green, intending to move on later to the Astor. The Astor survived beyond the era of the Krays and Richardsons and continued to attract wealthy customers. An Astor
Kray, miy ridniy kray Kray, miy ridniy kray "Kray, miy ridniy kray" (, English: My homeland, my native homeland) is a song originally recorded by Sofia Rotaru for her 1981 album "Sofia Rotaru and Chervona Ruta". According to the Ukrainian and Russian press, the song became a major hit in 1979, the year of its first performance. It was the second such achievement for a Ukrainian song within the former USSR and internationally, after the song "Chervona Ruta". The lyrics and the music were composed by Nikolay Mozgovoy. The song remains popular today with numerous recorded cover versions, namely by Ani Lorak and Taisia