Lloyds Bank all'angolo tra Baker Street e Marylebone Road, Londra. La volta della banca che deteneva cassette di sicurezza è stata rotta nella notte del 11 settembre 1971. La banda aveva affittato un negozio di pelletteria di nome le SAC, due porte a nord della banca, E tunneled una distanza di circa 50 piedi passando sotto l'interveniente Chicken Inn ristorante per raggiungere la volta. Per evitare di essere troppo ascoltati, hanno scavato solo durante i fine settimana. I ladri avevano inizialmente utilizzato una lancia termica per cercare di rompersi nella volta, ma alla fine hanno dovuto utilizzare esplosivi. I ladri sono andati via con ¿1,5 milioni di sterline di

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• Dimensioni: 5787 x 4595 px | 49 x 38,9 cm | 19,3 x 15,3 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 13 settembre 1971
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Lloyds Bank on the corner of Baker Street and Marylebone Road, London. The vault of the bank holding safe deposit boxes was broken into on the night of 11 September 1971.The gang had rented a leather goods shop named Le Sac, two doors north from the bank, and tunnelled a distance of approximately 50 feet passing under the intervening Chicken Inn restaurant to reach the vault. To avoid being overheard, they only dug during weekends. The robbers had initially used a thermal lance to try to break into the vault but ultimately had to use explosives. The robbers got away with ¿1.5 million pounds of cash plus the valuables from 260 safe deposit boxes, The estimated value of the entire haul being ¿3 million pounds making it the biggest bank robbery in Britain at the time. Robert Rowlands, a radio ham operator, overheard conversations between the robbers and their rooftop lookout at about 11 pm on the night of 11th September. He contacted police and tape recorded the conversations while the robbery was in progress, but there was insufficient information to identify which bank was being robbed. It became known as the ¿kie-talkie bank job¿ecause of this tip-off from a member of the public. After three days of headline news, the Government of the day allegedly issued a D-Notice, forbidding the Press to report on the heist as a matter of national security. Since then there has been speculation that sexually compromising photos of a senior royal were taken from one of the safe deposit boxes held in the vault, and it was covered-up by MI5. Our Picture Shows: Robert Rowland (left) the radio ham operator, overheard conversations between the robbers and their rooftop lookout. 13th September 1971

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