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The Great Train Robbery

Jul 30, 2022 · 10m 50s
The Great Train Robbery
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On Wednesday the 7th of August 1963, a travelling post office train set off from Glasgow in Scotland and made its way down to London Euston station. The mail was...

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On Wednesday the 7th of August 1963, a travelling post office train set off from Glasgow in Scotland and made its way down to London Euston station. The mail was sorted en route and this train contained a high value package coach with a significant amount of money on board that needed to be sorted. The train would never make it to London as not far from its destination one of the biggest robberies in UK history took place.

Sources for this episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gdw1IJdApM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21619150
https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/police-forces/thames-valley-police/areas/au/about-us/thames-valley-police-museum/the-great-train-robbery/
https://www.postalmuseum.org/collections/great-train-robbery/
https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-transport-police/areas/about-us/about-us/our-history/crime-history/great-train-robbery/
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/great-train-robbery

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