Police car equipped with a telephone loudspeaker unit, appeals for information in the village of Brill, Wednesday 14th August 1963. (74/107)

List item

Submitted to "1960s Glasgow: Stunning Photos Documenting Streets Scenes And Everyday Life"

Approved

1k Views

Police car equipped with a telephone loudspeaker unit, appeals for information in the village of Brill, Wednesday 14th August 1963.

The 1963 Great Train Robbery was the robbery of 2.6 million pounds from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8th August 1963, at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.