Cranfield old timers (you know who you are) will remember the sensation of the Great Train Robbery just south of Leighton Buzzard exactly 50 years ago. It was a pretty unpleasant business particularly for the driver but I'm sure the mail workers in the high value van where the banknotes were stored must have been terrified. Somehow the whole event, helped by a newspaper headline has achieved the status of legend.
See how Thames Valley Police marked the anniversary at BBC News and check out the two images of Bridego Bridge at the time of the robbery and today.
At the time police forces were highly localised and a force like Buckinghamshire would have automatically called in Scotland Yard for such a high profile crime. Even so, it was all down to luck that the gang was tracked down after an accomplice failed to burn down evidence-stuffed Leatherslade farm, their hideout after the robbery.
See how Thames Valley Police marked the anniversary at BBC News and check out the two images of Bridego Bridge at the time of the robbery and today.
At the time police forces were highly localised and a force like Buckinghamshire would have automatically called in Scotland Yard for such a high profile crime. Even so, it was all down to luck that the gang was tracked down after an accomplice failed to burn down evidence-stuffed Leatherslade farm, their hideout after the robbery.
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