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The Great Gold Robbery took place on the night of 15 May 1855, when a shipment of gold to Paris was stolen from the guard's van of the rail service between London and Folkestone. The robbers comprised two employees of the company running the rail service, a former employee and a career criminal, Edward Agar. They took wax impressions of the keys to the train safes and made copies. One of them ensured he was on guard duty when a shipment was taking place, and Agar hid in the guard's van. They emptied the safes of 224 pounds (102 kg) of gold, valued at £12,000 (approximately equivalent to £1,416,000 in 2023); the theft was only discovered in Paris. When Agar was arrested for another crime, his former girlfriend, in need of funds, revealed the details of the theft to the authorities. Agar admitted his guilt and testified as a witness. The other three were arrested, tried and found guilty of the theft. In 1978 a highly fictionalised version of events was turned into a film, The First Great Train Robbery, with Sean Connery. (Full article...)
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Hi SchroCat and congratulations. A draft TFA blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits from you or from anyone else interested are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:45, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi Gog. How about the following? - SchroCat (talk) 21:01, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
- Nice. A query over "on guard duty"? And "portraying Pierce"; Pierce hasn't been previously mentioned. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:15, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
- Grand, we'll run with that then. Thanks SC. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:56, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
- PS 'featuring Sean Connery'?
- Grand, we'll run with that then. Thanks SC. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:56, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
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