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Ronnie Biggs of the Great Train Robbery.

The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963, at Bridge Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England. Gang members included Bruce Reynolds, Gordon Goody, Buster Edwards, Charlie Wilson, Roy James, John Daly, Jimmy White, Ronnie Biggs, Tommy Wisbey, Jim Hussey, Bob Welch and Roger Cordrey, as well Harry Smith and Danny Pembroke. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963, at Bridge Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England. Gang members included Bruce Reynolds, Gordon Goody, Buster Edwards, Charlie Wilson, Roy James, John Daly, Jimmy White, Ronnie Biggs, Tommy Wisbey, Jim Hussey, Bob Welch and Roger Cordrey, as well Harry Smith and Danny Pembroke. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Ronnie Biggs of the Great Train Robbery.
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