Two sacks of money recovered from the Great Train Robbery

Made:: 1963-08-11 in United Kingdom

photographer:: Ron Burton

'Two sacks of stolen money recovered from the Great Train Robbery' A photograph showing two sacks of stolen money, recovered from the Great Train Robbery

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.

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Category:: Photographs

Object Number:: 1983-5236/10738

type:: photograph

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credit:: The Daily Herald Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

copyright:: National Science and Media Museum

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