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Bruce Reynolds, Gordon Goody and the Great British Train Robbery of 1963 (Volume 6, Episode 9) Part Two

Bruce Reynolds, Gordon Goody and the Great British Train Robbery of 1963 (Volume 6, Episode 9) Part Two

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In 1963, two British criminals masterminded the robbery of 2.6 million pounds in cash from a Royal Mail Train, an amount worth 45 million pounds today. The robbery and its aftermath caused a nationwide sensation.















Detective Tommy Butler





Leatherslade Farm





Judge Edmund Davies in robes





Plaque at Crewe railroad station commemorating Jack Mills and David Whitby.





Charmain Biggs, later years





Gordon Goody, later years





Grave of Bruce Reynolds, bust sculpted by his son, Nick in Highgate cemetery.
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Bruce Reynolds, Gordon Goody and the Great British Train Robbery of 1963 (Volume 6, Episode 9) Part Two

Bruce Reynolds, Gordon Goody and the Great British Train Robbery of 1963 (Volume 6, Episode 9) Part Two

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