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

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.