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Great Gold Robbery

Index Great Gold Robbery

The Great Gold Robbery took place on the night of 15 May 1855, when three London firms each sent a box of gold bars and coins from London Bridge station for Paris via the South Eastern Railway. [1]

28 relations: Boulogne-sur-Mer, Brake van, Carpet bag, Cheque, Chubb Locks, D. J. Taylor, English Channel, Folkestone, HM Prison Pentonville, Isaac Robert Cruikshank, James Townsend Saward, Larceny, London Bridge station, Michael Crichton, National Railway Museum, Newgate, Penal transportation, Portland Harbour, Prison ship, Redhill railway station, Sean Connery, Shot (pellet), SJ AB, South Eastern Railway, UK, The First Great Train Robbery, The Great Train Robbery (novel), The Railway Magazine, Train robbery.

Boulogne-sur-Mer

Boulogne-sur-Mer, often called Boulogne (Latin: Gesoriacum or Bononia, Boulonne-su-Mér, Bonen), is a coastal city in Northern France.

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Brake van

Brake van and guard's van are terms used mainly in the UK, Australia and India for a railway vehicle equipped with a hand brake which can be applied by the guard.

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Carpet bag

A carpet bag is a traveling bag made of carpet, commonly from an oriental rug.

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Cheque

A cheque, or check (American English; see spelling differences), is a document that orders a bank to pay a specific amount of money from a person's account to the person in whose name the cheque has been issued.

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Chubb Locks

Chubb Locks is a brand name of the Mul-T-Lock subsidiary of the Assa Abloy Group, which manufactures high security locking systems for residential, secure confinement and commercial applications.

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D. J. Taylor

David John Taylor (born 1960) is a British critic, novelist and biographer.

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English Channel

The English Channel (la Manche, "The Sleeve"; Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel"; Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; Mor Bretannek, "Sea of Brittany"), also called simply the Channel, is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France and links the southern part of the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Folkestone

Folkestone is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England.

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HM Prison Pentonville

HM Prison Pentonville (informally "The Ville") is an English Category B men's prison, operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.

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Isaac Robert Cruikshank

Isaac Robert Cruikshank --> Isaac Robert Cruikshank, sometimes known as Robert Cruikshank (27 September 1789 – 13 March 1856) was a caricaturist, illustrator, and portrait miniaturist, the less well-known brother of George Cruikshank, both sons of Isaac Cruikshank.

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James Townsend Saward

James Townsend Saward (born 1799) was a Victorian English barrister and forger also known by the nickname of Jim the Penman.

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Larceny

Larceny is a crime involving the unlawful taking of the personal property of another person or business.

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London Bridge station

London Bridge is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Southwark, south-east London.

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Michael Crichton

John Michael Crichton (October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author, screenwriter, film director and producer best known for his work in the science fiction, thriller, and medical fiction genres.

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National Railway Museum

The National Railway Museum (NRM) is a museum in York forming part of the British Science Museum Group of National Museums and telling the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society.

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Newgate

Newgate was one of the historic seven gates of the London Wall around the City of London and one of the six which date back to Roman times.

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Penal transportation

Penal transportation or transportation refers to the relocation of convicted criminals, or other persons regarded as undesirable, to a distant place, often a colony for a specified term; later, specifically established penal colonies became their destination.

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Portland Harbour

Portland Harbour is located beside the Isle of Portland, Dorset, on the south coast of England.

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Prison ship

A prison ship, often more precisely described as a prison hulk, is a current or former seagoing vessel that has been modified to become a place of substantive detention for convicts, prisoners of war or civilian internees.

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Redhill railway station

Redhill railway station serves the town of Redhill, Surrey, England.

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Sean Connery

Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award) and three Golden Globes (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award).

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Shot (pellet)

Shot is a collective term for small balls or pellets, often made of lead.

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SJ AB

SJ (formally SJ AB) is a government-owned passenger train operator in Sweden.

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South Eastern Railway, UK

The South Eastern Railway (SER) was a railway company in south-eastern England from 1836 until 1922.

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The First Great Train Robbery

The First Great Train Robbery is a 1978 British crime film directed by Michael Crichton, who also wrote the screenplay based on his novel The Great Train Robbery.

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The Great Train Robbery (novel)

The Great Train Robbery is a bestselling 1975 historical novel written by Michael Crichton.

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The Railway Magazine

The Railway Magazine is a monthly British railway magazine, aimed at the railway enthusiast market, that has been published in London since July 1897.

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Train robbery

Train robbery is a type of robbery, in which the goal is to steal money or other valuables being carried aboard trains.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Gold_Robbery

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