maryportfuncity 10,682 Posted September 28, 2014 Goody is one of my fifteen... Cunt not dead is what I see of your gay spat. So - to get back on track - does placing him in the fifteen mean you know exactly what his "frail health" is about? He survived jail with lengthy exercise sessions and much reading, so I'm assuming he has the kind of focus that keeps an octagenerian active. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted September 28, 2014 No, it was more being elderly combined with solo points mixed with 3 of them dying last year. And Goody was meant to be iffy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,272 Posted December 18, 2014 He made his "ultimate getaway" a year ago today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,365 Posted December 18, 2014 I miss Ronnie -We still need a new ambassador! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,272 Posted December 19, 2014 I miss Ronnie -We still need a new ambassador! I miss the guy too. I haven't been this sad about the death of a violent, unrehabilitable animal since Alex Higgins................ attended the funeral of Oliver Reed. Surely some reflection is in order - anyone care to chip in on why he was such a great ambassador/DL candidate/man? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,272 Posted December 24, 2014 BBC showing the 80s movie "Buster" about Buster Edwards at 12:15AM tonight. Given it has Phil Collins in it and this is the poster, guessin' it's not much of a stretch to say it's a bit crap? Also, a bit baffled by the relative lack of tributes for Ronnie after his anniversary. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,682 Posted December 26, 2014 BBC showing the 80s movie "Buster" about Buster Edwards at 12:15AM tonight. Given it has Phil Collins in it and this is the poster, guessin' it's not much of a stretch to say it's a bit crap? Also, a bit baffled by the relative lack of tributes for Ronnie after his anniversary. Mediocre and historically innacurate rather than full-on crap IMHO. Makes Buster out to be a chirpy type when his proneness to depression etc. eventually contributed to his suicide. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted December 30, 2014 And a timely bump that was. First wife deid at 75... http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-30/former-wife-of-great-train-robber-ronnie-biggs-dies/5992932 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,639 Posted January 7, 2015 BBC showing the 80s movie "Buster" about Buster Edwards at 12:15AM tonight. Given it has Phil Collins in it and this is the poster, guessin' it's not much of a stretch to say it's a bit crap? Also, a bit baffled by the relative lack of tributes for Ronnie after his anniversary. Mediocre and historically innacurate rather than full-on crap IMHO. Makes Buster out to be a chirpy type when his proneness to depression etc. eventually contributed to his suicide. Julie Walters is excellent in it but she usually is even in crap films. I have an affection for this film as I remember going to the cinema to see it with my then girlfriend (now wife) and we danced in the isles to 'Two Hearts' before curtain up as there was no-one else in the cinema. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,130 Posted August 8, 2016 Would have been wishing him a happy birthday today if he didn't 'cross over' . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted January 1, 2017 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/great-train-robbery-meet-man-1980741 According to this article, there are "believed" to be only 3 great train robbers now left - Wisbey, Welch and Goody. Question is then, what the bloody hell happened to the few that are unaccounted for? i.e. Daly, Jennings, White, Cordrey, Leonard Field and Wheater Can only find death details for 8 thus far - Boal, Brian Field, Wilson, Edwards, James, Hussey, Reynolds and Biggs Tommy Wisbey has now croaked it. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4079776/Great-Train-Robber-Tommy-Wisbey-dies-aged-86-suffering-stroke.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,130 Posted August 8, 2019 Happy birthday wherever you are Ron you old scallywag. The only person (to my knowledge) who actually visited our forum. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,843 Posted August 9, 2019 Hmm seems Robert Welch is still alive. He was 90 in March so belated happy birthday 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,682 Posted June 13, 2022 So, there's an article today based on a new book that outs Billy Ambrose - ex-boxer, long-term criminal - as a train robber who got away. Ambrose died in 2009 but an aside in the article states that the identity of the train driver taken along is now known to the author, who won't reveal it because of illness (to someone close to the driver, or maybe him). Whilst it's always been understood the driver was "retired" another detail here is that he'd had a breakdown after witnessing an accident - meaning he could have been younger than the gang. Either way, he couldn't shift the train, so basically failed his bit of the job, got no robbery money and was of less interest to the police than the robbers. Highly unlikely he's still alive, more likely someone close to him is seriously ill, but thought I'd mention it either way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
