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“You won’t believe this, but they’ve stolen a train.”
That was the special announcement heard on police radios in the early hours of August 8, 1963, after a gang of criminals pulled off one of, if not the most infamous heist in British history. They robbed a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London and made off with 120 mailbags containing £2.6 million (which is around £60 million in today’s money). Nobody was killed, although the train driver received a serious cosh on the noggin.
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archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/40/mode/2up?view=theater
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/great-train-robbery-identity-of-the-ulsterman-who-gave-key-info-to-robbers/a1256736643.html
theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/04/great-train-robbery-mystery-fixer
theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/29/great-train-robbery-gordon-goody-dies-aged-86
independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bruce-reynolds-criminal-known-as-napoleon-who-led-the-great-train-robbers-8515682.html
bbc.com/news/uk-10209584
web.archive.org/web/20141230132136/http:/www.nottinghampost.com/day-crime-gang-stopped-train-shocked-world/story-19620002-detail/story.html
archive.org/details/greatbritishtrai0000unse/page/14/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000hill/page/6/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
web.archive.org/web/20141230132136/http:/www.nottinghampost.com/day-crime-gang-stopped-train-shocked-world/story-19620002-detail/story.html
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000hill/page/6/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000hill/page/8/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/26/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/44/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000holg/page/42/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-transport-police/areas/about-us/about-us/our-history/crime-history/great-train-robbery
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/46/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/46/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/48/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/48/mode/2up?view=theater
btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-transport-police/areas/about-us/about-us/our-history/crime-history/great-train-robbery
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000hill/page/10/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000hill/page/12/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000holg/page/42/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/08/great-train-robbery-10-things
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000hill/page/14/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/08/great-train-robbery-10-things
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000holg/page/44/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
standard.co.uk/hp/front/what-became-of-the-great-train-robbers-7228375.html
theguardian.com/uk/2013/feb/28/bruce-reynolds
standard.co.uk/hp/front/what-became-of-the-great-train-robbers-7228375.html
inews.co.uk/culture/television/great-train-robbery-what-happened-to-the-robbers-involved-in-the-notorious-1963-heist-from-bruce-reynolds-to-ronnie-biggs-325462
Tim Coates - The Great British Train Robbery, 1963
Brenda Haugen - The Great Train Robbery
Daily Mail - The Great Train Robbery and Most Infamous British Crimes
Mike Holgate - The Treat Train Robbery and Other Railway Crimes
The Guardian
The Evening Standard
BBC News
Inews
British Transport Police
“You won’t believe this, but they’ve stolen a train.”
That was the special announcement heard on police radios in the early hours of August 8, 1963, after a gang of criminals pulled off one of, if not the most infamous heist in British history. They robbed a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London and made off with 120 mailbags containing £2.6 million (which is around £60 million in today’s money). Nobody was killed, although the train driver received a serious cosh on the noggin.
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Untitled Side Channel: youtube.com/@UCLJvIXTMM7bjZ5-ju8xckJg
Further Reading:
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/40/mode/2up?view=theater
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/great-train-robbery-identity-of-the-ulsterman-who-gave-key-info-to-robbers/a1256736643.html
theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/04/great-train-robbery-mystery-fixer
theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/29/great-train-robbery-gordon-goody-dies-aged-86
independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bruce-reynolds-criminal-known-as-napoleon-who-led-the-great-train-robbers-8515682.html
bbc.com/news/uk-10209584
web.archive.org/web/20141230132136/http:/www.nottinghampost.com/day-crime-gang-stopped-train-shocked-world/story-19620002-detail/story.html
archive.org/details/greatbritishtrai0000unse/page/14/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000hill/page/6/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
web.archive.org/web/20141230132136/http:/www.nottinghampost.com/day-crime-gang-stopped-train-shocked-world/story-19620002-detail/story.html
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000hill/page/6/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000hill/page/8/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/26/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/44/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000holg/page/42/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-transport-police/areas/about-us/about-us/our-history/crime-history/great-train-robbery
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/46/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/46/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/48/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/48/mode/2up?view=theater
btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-transport-police/areas/about-us/about-us/our-history/crime-history/great-train-robbery
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000hill/page/10/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000hill/page/12/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000holg/page/42/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/08/great-train-robbery-10-things
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000hill/page/14/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/08/great-train-robbery-10-things
archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000holg/page/44/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
standard.co.uk/hp/front/what-became-of-the-great-train-robbers-7228375.html
theguardian.com/uk/2013/feb/28/bruce-reynolds
standard.co.uk/hp/front/what-became-of-the-great-train-robbers-7228375.html
inews.co.uk/culture/television/great-train-robbery-what-happened-to-the-robbers-involved-in-the-notorious-1963-heist-from-bruce-reynolds-to-ronnie-biggs-325462
Tim Coates - The Great British Train Robbery, 1963
Brenda Haugen - The Great Train Robbery
Daily Mail - The Great Train Robbery and Most Infamous British Crimes
Mike Holgate - The Treat Train Robbery and Other Railway Crimes
The Guardian
The Evening Standard
BBC News
Inews
British Transport Police
