The Great Train Robbery was probably the most famous heist in British history. £2.6 million was stolen from the Glasgow to train. It was one of the major news stories of the decade and people still remember the names of , and . August 8th 1963

The Great Train Robbery

Mix up a heap of monopoly money and get residents to sort it out and count it.

Watch Buster (starring Phil Collins. This fil m has some great music that your residents may like to listen to.) Cops and robbers’ films Monopoly Old 1960’s TV series such as Dixon of Dock Green and Z cars. Try playing the theme tunes of each and see if they can recognise the music. The robbers famously used the Porridge money in a game of monopoly whilst holed up in a farmhouse. Have a go at playing monopoly. Source Involve the residents by giving Try and get hold of some old money. them a job each. Residents could be delegated jobs Talk such as the following: Pre-decimal money, penny’s, sixpenny bits, threepences, farthings, ha’penny’s, florins, The banker, Community chest half crowns, tanners and bobs, ten bob notes. cards, Chance cards, The mortgage Reminisce about costs, pocket money, penny sweets and the price of eggs. cards, The houses and the hotels Songs and rhymes on the money theme Two Teams I’ve got sixpence, jolly, jolly sixpence Take turns to roll the dice Half a pound of tuppenny rice Pennies from heaven Keep it simple and bend the rules Oranges and lemons as necessary. Money, money money (Abba) Set a time limit of maximum an If I were a rich man hour. Sing a song of sixpence Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief Count up the money at the end. Tom, Tom the piper’s son Can’t buy me love (The Beatles)

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Get out and about It will probably have been a long time since your residents have had a train ride. Is there a railway station near you? Check your life history work. Does anyone have a history of travelling to work on a train or working on the railways? There may be a steam engine working near your home. If you have interested residents, let them go with you to buy tickets. Go for a short train ride (if you need wheelchair access, let the station know before and they will have ramps ready)

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From a railway carriage by Robert Louis Talk to your local police and see if they will come out and give a short talk on Stephenson modern policing. Faster than fairies, faster than witches, Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches; Reminisce about the old time Bobbies and how they would give you a clip And charging along like troops in a battle, around the ear if you were out of line. Remember how they would ride a All through the meadows the horses and bicycle and blow a whistle. cattle: All of the sights of the hill and the plain Play the song The Laughing Policeman Fly as thick as driving rain; And ever again, in the wink of an eye,

Painted stations whistle by.

Here is a child who clambers and scrambles, All by himself and gathering brambles; Here is a tramp who stands and gazes; And there is the green for stringing the daisies! Here is a cart run away in the road Lumping along with man and load; And here is a mill and there is a river: Each a glimpse and gone for ever!

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