Historical Articles 

What: Securitas Depot Robbery When: 22nd February 2006 Where: Tonbridge, England On the 22nd of February 2006, one of the UKs largest cash robbery heists was carried out and they almost succeeded.  The heist began on 21st February 2006, with the kidnapping of Colin Dixon, the depot manager. 2 of the 7 gang members posed as policemen

Written by Jane Raistrick Heritage Silkstone For more information, visit www.heritagesilkstone.co.uk The 4th of July 1838 saw what must rank as one of the country’s worst mining disasters involving children.  On that hot summer’s day 26 children between the ages of 7 to 17 drowned in the Huskar mine near to Silkstone. The mine was owned by

On the 7th of March 1931, one of the most unique fires in history broke out. The fires’ location was at a warehouse at Butlers Wharf near London bridge. The Fire brigade were called shortly after 10am and arrived at the scene with 70 fire engines and 1,100 individual firefighters to tackle the wild blaze. The

Where: Pudding Lane, London When: The 2nd of September, 1666 How did it happen? The Great Fire of London was a disastrous and traumatic event for all who lived there. It all begin in on the 2nd of September 1666, in a little bakery on Pudding Lane. The owner, one of the king’s bakers, Thomas

CCTV has become a key factor in today’s society of security and surveillance equipment. It is all around us from little shops to big organisations, however, it hasn’t always been as high tech and reliable as it is today. Throughout the last 80 years there have been many different stages of how CCTV surveillance works

The Dunbar robbery is the largest cash robbery in the United States.  On the 12th of September 1997, six men robbed the Dunbar Armoured facility on Mateo Street in Downtown Los Angeles, California of US $18.9 million (equivalent to $30.5 million in 2020). The robbery was orchestrated by Allen Pace III, of Compton along with his

The Baker Street Robbery is one of the most notorious bank heists in British history. With no alarms soundingand no weapons, a team of intruders managed to steal nearly £3 million (estimated at $33.8 million today) incash and jewels and they were suspected to have taken royal family secrets too! It was on September 11th

WHAT: BRINKS-MAT ROBBERY. WHEN: 26TH NOVEMBER 1983. WHERE: HEATHROW, LONDON. This is the largest gold heist in British History The Brinks-Mat robbery is a tale of a £26 Million gold and diamond heist. At 6:30am on the 26th November 1983, a south London gang of six armed robbers, headed by Brian Robinson and Mickey McAvoy,

You see them everywhere in offices, shops, cafes, factories even in vehicles and households. Fire Extinguishers really can be life-savers, but how did they come about? Let’s take a look back and discover a little bit about their history. Fire extinguishers were invented a long time ago, further than we thought and probably you too! 

8th August 1963 The Great Train robbery was a robbery of £2.6 million mostly used bank notes from a Royal Train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early morning of the 8th August 1963, at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn near Mentor in Buckinghamshire. Around 3 a.m. on that