1963 Great train robbery, Hero's or Villian's ?

[u'vebeenamexed]

Nasty bits of shit,
Biggs in particular a real lowlife shithouse,didn't even attend his sons funeral,I hope the bastard dies screaming.

This - although I may have worded it different.

 

[brakespear]

Er, villains. Never found anything remotely appealing about them.

Absolutely - can't imagine why anyone would think they were any sort of hero.

 

[Diego Napier]

Biggsy is a legend. Not condoning the robbery, but the 30 years he was given for it was beyond disgusting. To think he went on the run for so long, then sat in Rio sticking two fingers up at the establishment when it was revealed where he was and could legitimately stay there, then handed himself in when he saw fit, then got released before he could kick the bucket.

The man was never a gangster, he was never suspected of being responsible for the assault on the driver, but he was a top bloke for the way he gave the plod in this country the run around.

30 years wasn't enough for the scummy bastard.

Your reference to him being a top bloke marks you out as a toe rag.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

Not many people realise that they carried out two or three smaller train robberies before the big one, partly to fund the main robbery and partly to fine tune their method.

Including one just outside Brighton.

Not a lot of people know that.

 

[Garage_Doors]

I never called him a hero, I called him a legend. Big difference.

Is there, thought they meant the same thing