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The Case of the Great Train Robbery

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The Great Train Robbery figures in our Geo Quiz. Retired police constable John Wooley remembers when he cracked open the investigation nearly 50 years ago (1963). He discovered the train robber’s hangout and their hidden stash of loot.

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Pigeon Impossible

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Saving Bletchley Park

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Saving Roald Dahl’s Cabin

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Saving Bletchley Park

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Bletchley Park, outside London, was one of the most important spying posts during World War II, and it was there that computer scientists cracked the supposedly unbreakable German communication codes, but now,

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