Two sacks of money recovered from the Great Train Robbery

'Two sacks of stolen money recovered from the Great Train Two sacks of money recovered from the Great Train Robbery

'Two sacks of stolen money recovered from the Great Train

A photograph showing two sacks of stolen money, recovered from the Great Train Robbery, taken in August 1963 by Ron Burton for the Daily Herald.

£2.6 million was stolen from a Travelling Post Office train on 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/10738
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall:
type:
gelatin silver print and photograph