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Great Train Robbery 1963

Ford Anglia and Austin A35 in Police Yard, Bournemouth Police Station, the car was bought on Tuesday night from a local garage for 273 pounds, paid for in notes believed to have been stolen, Thursday 15th August 1963. The first gang member of Great Train Robbery has been caught, Roger Cordrey, with his friend, William Boal. They were living in a rented, fully furnished flat above a florist's shop in Wimborne Road, Moordown, Bournemouth. The Bournemouth police were tipped off by police widow Ethel Clark when Boal and Cordrey paid rent for a garage (in Tweedale Road off Castle Lane West) three months in advance, all in used ten-shilling notes. (Photo by Maurice Tibbles/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
Ford Anglia and Austin A35 in Police Yard, Bournemouth Police Station, the car was bought on Tuesday night from a local garage for 273 pounds, paid for in notes believed to have been stolen, Thursday 15th August 1963. The first gang member of Great Train Robbery has been caught, Roger Cordrey, with his friend, William Boal. They were living in a rented, fully furnished flat above a florist's shop in Wimborne Road, Moordown, Bournemouth. The Bournemouth police were tipped off by police widow Ethel Clark when Boal and Cordrey paid rent for a garage (in Tweedale Road off Castle Lane West) three months in advance, all in used ten-shilling notes. (Photo by Maurice Tibbles/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
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August 15, 1963
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