New Posts For Thread: Gordon Goody RIP? (Great Train Robbery)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30645703/gordon-goody-rip-great-train-robberyGordon Goody, one of the last surviving members of the Great Train Robbery gang, has died aged 86, more than 50 years since the infamous heist.He had been living in the southern Spanish town of Mojacar, where he ran a bar.A statement from the local tI agree with your sentiments and your comments about biggs are true.he was a very minor player who did not even take part in the actual robberyindeed he was unknown to any of the gang members except bruce reynolds who had met him in the nick and likehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30645703/gordon-goody-rip-great-train-robbery?post_id=547653143#547653143I agree with your sentiments and your comments about biggs are true.he was a very minor player who did not even take part in the actual robberyindeed he was unknown to any of the gang members except bruce reynolds who had met him in the nick and likeSun, 31 Jan 2016 11:32:29 -0600^ It's a fascinating story, and it's easy to forget these were really old-fashioned days compared to the computer world today. Back then you couldn't transfer funds with a few clicks of a computer mouse, and you couldn't pay for anything with a debithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30645703/gordon-goody-rip-great-train-robbery?post_id=547652803#547652803^ It's a fascinating story, and it's easy to forget these were really old-fashioned days compared to the computer world today. Back then you couldn't transfer funds with a few clicks of a computer mouse, and you couldn't pay for anything with a debitSun, 31 Jan 2016 11:03:08 -0600telbiggs also introduced bruce reynolds to a bloke called 'peter' for whom biggs had been doing some carpentry workpeter was a retired train driver who biggs said would be able to drive the hijacked trainin the event 'peter' was unable to drive it anhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30645703/gordon-goody-rip-great-train-robbery?post_id=547651365#547651365telbiggs also introduced bruce reynolds to a bloke called 'peter' for whom biggs had been doing some carpentry workpeter was a retired train driver who biggs said would be able to drive the hijacked trainin the event 'peter' was unable to drive it anSun, 31 Jan 2016 09:14:35 -0600They were a bunch of petty crooks with a taste for the high life. Reynolds masterminded the robbery when he discovered that the stash on a Bank Holiday train was a huge amount more than usual. He had been involved with most of the gang on other jobshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30645703/gordon-goody-rip-great-train-robbery?post_id=547649227#547649227They were a bunch of petty crooks with a taste for the high life. Reynolds masterminded the robbery when he discovered that the stash on a Bank Holiday train was a huge amount more than usual. He had been involved with most of the gang on other jobsSun, 31 Jan 2016 05:54:22 -0600Agree Akabula, good riddance to one more.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30645703/gordon-goody-rip-great-train-robbery?post_id=547644139#547644139Agree Akabula, good riddance to one more.Sat, 30 Jan 2016 15:56:51 -0600Unbelievable the way people fawn over them.Criminals who should be shunned by society.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30645703/gordon-goody-rip-great-train-robbery?post_id=547644049#547644049Unbelievable the way people fawn over them.Criminals who should be shunned by society.Sat, 30 Jan 2016 15:41:36 -0600Retired Chief Inspector John Wolley who discovered the Leatherslade Farm hideout, meeting up with Bruce Reynolds on the 40th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery, in August 2003 and sharing a jolly jape about the good old dayshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30645703/gordon-goody-rip-great-train-robbery?post_id=547643147#547643147Retired Chief Inspector John Wolley who discovered the Leatherslade Farm hideout, meeting up with Bruce Reynolds on the 40th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery, in August 2003 and sharing a jolly jape about the good old daysSat, 30 Jan 2016 14:14:40 -0600In the robbers own account goody along wuth buster edwards were the first to storm the locomotive and enter the cabby there account it was goody whoentered from the right,grabs driver mills from behind and spins him around....the account then stateshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30645703/gordon-goody-rip-great-train-robbery?post_id=547642945#547642945In the robbers own account goody along wuth buster edwards were the first to storm the locomotive and enter the cabby there account it was goody whoentered from the right,grabs driver mills from behind and spins him around....the account then statesSat, 30 Jan 2016 13:57:08 -0600According to todays' Times ,Goody disclosed a couple of years ago that the unknown Irishman was "Patrick McKenna a postal worker from Belfast,who looked like Frank Sinatra" !https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30645703/gordon-goody-rip-great-train-robbery?post_id=547642335#547642335According to todays' Times ,Goody disclosed a couple of years ago that the unknown Irishman was "Patrick McKenna a postal worker from Belfast,who looked like Frank Sinatra" !Sat, 30 Jan 2016 12:43:11 -0600Aspro"Many, if not most, believe that Goody was the brains behind the robbery"A book I read about it claimed that Goody was the one who tipped off the rest of the gang that all that money would be on that train. But it was 'the irishman' who told himhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30645703/gordon-goody-rip-great-train-robbery?post_id=547640961#547640961Aspro"Many, if not most, believe that Goody was the brains behind the robbery"A book I read about it claimed that Goody was the one who tipped off the rest of the gang that all that money would be on that train. But it was 'the irishman' who told himSat, 30 Jan 2016 10:43:48 -0600