| In the 1960s I worked on building sites traveling | | | | approach to the M1 a man was thumbing a lift. I |
| from site to site in a caravan. There was my | | | | stopped and let him in saying "Liverpool all right" |
| mate and I, my mate had his wife and little girl | | | | he did not say much. |
| with him. Working in Liverpool, we left that late | | | | About 12pm we got to a place I think was called |
| one evening in 1963 to go to a site closer to | | | | Natwich or Northwich and took a wrong turning. |
| London. Arriving late at night the first thing we | | | | Backing out of this turning a policeman stepped |
| had to do is find a site for the caravan. We found | | | | out. "Is this your motor" he said "yes" I said "can |
| a farm that still had their lights on. The farmer let | | | | you prove it" he said "not here, all the docs are at |
| us stay in his field righ next to the now famous | | | | home" I said. |
| Bridge. | | | | The policeman got in my car and said "Take me |
| By the way my mate had his wife and baby girl | | | | to the police station to find out if it had been |
| with him plus their little poodle. We got up had our | | | | stolen." When we got to the station all three of us |
| breakfast and went to work, leaving the caravan | | | | went in. Sitting in the police station, My passenger |
| there. | | | | said "I will get the map" and went to the car. |
| Driving to work, we listen to the news on the | | | | About two minuets later the policeman came out |
| radio, talking about "The great train robbery" and | | | | holding a wanted poster with my passenger face |
| how they were looking for a caravan with a baby | | | | on it, he had just escaped from jail. |
| and a white poodle. My mate said to me "what | | | | The policeman asks me to drive him around |
| the hell has she been up to now". | | | | looking for my passenger, as the police cars are |
| Working though the day, Police cars were | | | | all at another attempted mail train robbery at |
| speeding one way then the other all day. At the | | | | York and the trains on fire. We drove around for |
| end of the day we went back to the caravan. | | | | about 2 hours we kept seeing him bobbing about |
| The farm gate was open and there was loads of | | | | in the dark, but he just disappeared in the night. |
| wheel track in the mud by the gate. | | | | As the policeman got out of my car he said he |
| When we got to the caravan my mates wife had | | | | would pay for the petrol used. I thought to |
| been crying, she said "that morning the police | | | | myself the cars got no road tax, so I said, "no |
| came from everywhere started pulling the | | | | that would be alright, it's on me" and drove off. |
| caravan to bits". "What for?" we asked, "They | | | | As things happen in three's, I'm still waiting for the |
| think we had something to do with the robbery" | | | | third. But wait a minuet there was the time on |
| she sobbed clutching the baby. | | | | holiday in Africa, I had hired car mini. There are |
| She then said, "They phoned your firm up, to see | | | | not many roads where we were, so I just |
| where we were at the time of the robbery". The | | | | followed the coastal road and came to a tee |
| police found out that we could not have been | | | | junction. There were two policemen slowing me |
| there at the time of the robbery, leaving | | | | down. They did not speak English but pointed a |
| Liverpool at the time we did. | | | | gun at my head and made gestures for me to go |
| If we had robbed the train, would we gone to | | | | that way. |
| work with £5million in our tool bags? Even | | | | After about 4 or 5 miles they pointed for me to |
| footballers did not earn that salt of money then! | | | | turn left. On looking I saw a big ion gate with |
| The next few days I saw the police looking for | | | | "JAIL" written on top. The gates opened we |
| the loot everywhere. There was a car breakers | | | | drove in the gate shut. The two policemen run |
| yard with cars piled high, that we could see from | | | | off. |
| our site. They moved the entire stock looking for | | | | Waiting about half an hour another policeman |
| some clues as to where the money was put. At | | | | came over put his head in the window and said |
| least they left us alone! | | | | "Thank you for brining my mates home" and |
| Well a few weeks later my mate was sent to a | | | | opened the gates, we shot out waving our hands. |
| different site to me, I had to go back to | | | | Do you think that make the three? |
| Liverpool. I left home in London about 8pm, at the | | | | |