Re: Ronnie Biggs : Thu Dec 19, 2013 9:38 am
Rooster Booster wrote:
Read what I said again. The great train robbers were like modern day (in the 60s) Robin Hoods, nicking what they could from the rich.
Except that they didn't steal from the rich, they stole public money from the Post Office, in effect they stole from everyone, a small blip in the total amount of the "promise to pay the bearer" of outstanding pledges in the country but still, the money didn't come from the pockets of the well heeled.