What was Stolen in The Baker Street Robbery?

In September of 1971 a branch of Lloyds Bank in Baker Street, London was robbed.

The story is infamous, but for those of you who dont know, The Baker Street Robbery was a burglarly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes story of the "Red Headed League". Essentially a band of criminals would rent a shop, dig a tunnel 40ft (12m) long underneath a Chicken Shop and then tunnel upwards into the bank vault to eventually rob 268 Safety Deposit Boxes. For a fictional retelling of the story you may have seen the 2008 film "The Bank Job" starring Jason Statham.

Notably, to this day no one knows exatcly what was stolen from the safe deposit boxes or their worth. A conservative estimate would be that they made off with Β£500,000 in 1971 - worth a cool Β£6.2 Million today ($8.5 Million US), but rumours abound that the true value of what was stored in those Safe Deposit Boxes was not in their financial worth, but their political worth.

In 1970 Anthony Gavin conspired with second hand car salesmen Reg Tucker and Thomas Stephens, and Benjamin Wolfe to rob the Baker Street branch of Lloyds Bank.

Tucker would open an account at the bank with Β£500 aned rent a safety deposit box. I have never had a safety deposit box, but it is apperantly customary that you are left alone with your box for security concerns. Tucker would use these periods of isolation to measure and map the vault using his Umbrella and his armspan, he would also utilze the regular size of the floor tiles to map out the dimensions of the vault. Using this information he would draw up a map of the vault.

During this time Thomas Stephens acquired the necessary equipment for the job, including a Thermal Lance and a 100 ton Jack.

Lookout-men, Explosive experts and Alarm experts were also brought in. As were two unidentified men cited in Wikipedia as "T.H" and "Little Legs", and an unidentified woman.

Shortly After in May 1971, Wolfe rents a Shop at 189 Baker Street called "Le Sac".

Due to road works being carried out, the trembler alarms in the bank had been switched off and between the August Bank Holiday Weekend meant that there would be three days off (Friday thru Sunday + Monday Bank Holiday).

I will skip the details of the digging, but if you wish you can find more info at the wiki link. Suffice to say they dug their way through the bank vault between August and September, a full month of digging in cramped, confined spaces. Using a Thermal Lance and Gelignite to breach the Vault.

By Sept

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"Let Sherlock Holmes Solve This One": The Baker Street Robbery took place in London in 1971 and involved a gang tunnelling into a bank vault. Shortly after the crime was discovered, all reporting on it was silenced by the government meaning it has been shrouded in mystery ever since... robslondon.com/the-baker-…
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I’ve been moonlighting as a taxi driver in London to get in a bit of extra money in. I’ve got a pick up late on the 24th at 221b Baker Street.

Looks like I’ll be driving Holmes for Christmas

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40 years ago last weekend - The Baker Street Robbery en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak…
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Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street [1970's Jazz Rock] youtu.be/Fo6aKnRnBxM
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Coming soon: New Street Fighter x AEW crossover tee featuring Chun-Li vs Dr. Britt Baker
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The Baker Block in Los Angeles, built ~1877 and demolished in 1942 for a street extension. Sections of the building survived until 1957, but were lost to freeway construction. ~1925
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I give you... the reaper of baker street
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[OC] NPC Portrait Commission - Thelma Fletton , The Cannibal of Baker Street
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Baker street boys. Never finished this but i figured I'd post it because i really love it :)
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[1973] Metroland. John Betjeman travels the old Metropolitan Railway from Baker Street via an impossibly green suburbia to Verney Junction in Buckinghamshire. Featuring the Neasden Song and a glimpse of Wembley's Eiffel Tower. vimeo.com/574168299
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221b BAKER STREET ( Sherlock Holmes ) ideas.lego.com
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'A brazen daytime robbery': Man arrested after stealing woman's purse on Saanich street cheknews.ca/a-brazen-dayt…
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The Sherlock Holmes statue in Baker Street
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robbery at the "Hot Streak" at 7124 Hull Street Road--What is the Hot Streak?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/bfdb5ffe-2828-3d75-badf-cc4d7f2607f9/police-search-for-suspects.html

First off, glad no one was hurt.

Second off, the place is called Hot Streak and the picture seems to show a bunch of...gambling machines set up all in a row?

Is this some kind of jack leg casino or something?

Anyone ever been there?

Google searches are not much help.

Hot Streak LLC

Address: 7124 Hull Street Rd, North Chesterfield, Virginia 23235-5802

Hot Streak LLC (Entity# 11297159) is a business entity registered with Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC). The business start date is October 22, 2021.

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[TMZ] DEANDRE BAKER & QUINTON DUNBAR NFL PLAYERS ACCUSED OF ARMED ROBBERY ... Arrest Warrants Issued tmz.com/2020/05/14/deandr…
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BLM protestors beat man and woman after man tries to prevent a robbery. Man is later punched and kicked unconscious in the street after crashing. v.redd.it/hd7cs0kskih51
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Robbery across the street from Losurdos last night

Just keep an eye out. Last night around 1 am a guy on a bike robbed a woman in the area at knifepoint and skedaddled out of there.

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I originally embroidered these separately but I like it this way better. My Baker Street Boys.
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Random Poll: FFL vs Baker Street

Battle of a couple of B-Sides...

FFL

  • AKA "Fat Fucking Lie"
  • Released as a B-Side to Best Of You, and also on the "Five Songs And A Cover" EP for Best Buy.
  • Definitely a song that comes straight out of Dave's hardcore/punk background.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceulwXYjlw4

Baker Street

  • A decidedly saxophone-free cover of Gerry Raferty's famous song
  • Released as a b-side to My Hero, and quite frankly included in a whole bunch of other non-album releases since
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1qcWa6blQ

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[Barnwell] The Giants sent three picks to move up and grab Baker at the end of the first round in 2019. He allowed a passer rating of 116.2 as a rookie, was charged with armed robbery, and got released. Not ideal! mobile.twitter.com/billba…
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Gun Point Residential Robbery - Ernest Street, St. Catharines youtu.be/xuKjkmSAnoo
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There's just armed robberies on Eddie street in the middle of the day now?

Just saw the email we got about the two armed robberies - one of them was this morning right by Trader Joes at 10:45 AM. I always figured it's probably a good idea to not wander around at 3 AM but damn can't even buy lunch at TJ's?

*Typo - I meant Eddy Street

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Raise up your hand if these reminded you of some of the scenes in SherlockπŸ˜πŸ•΅ More information for this amazing Sherlock Holmes 221B Baker Street SetπŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡ shop.pantasy.com/products…
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A place to solve mysteries? How about 221B Baker Street!
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Baker Street?

Aelin peered at the rain-flecked cab permit framed by the door, illuminated by the little lantern hanging above. β€œWell, Kellan Oppel of sixty-three Baker Street*, apartment two, I suppose you won’t tell anyone.”*

I was actually surprised to read this sentence. I read Tog right after Sherlock holmes so I kind of halted at this and read it twice.

Have you noticed this before?

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Just built Pantasy 86218 - 221B Baker Street - Full Review
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[Leonard] Giants corner DeAndre Baker has been charged with four counts of robbery with a firearm, per Broward State Attorney Mike Satz. If convicted, the punishment for robbery with a firearm is a mandatory minimum of 10 years and up to life in state prison. twitter.com/PLeonardNYDN/…
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Detective Conan statue in Baker Street (London) next to Sherlock Holmes to commemorate the release of Volume 100 today
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Diorama I build, Sherlock flat on B Baker street v.redd.it/v2af5fzjyn281
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(Off Topic?) - Amazing Baker Street Lego Set on Lego Ideas ideas.lego.com/s/p:ff89e1…
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Best Deck brands for street skating ( no baker please, too expensive for me rn )

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went to 221b Baker street and since nobody else put it in the guest book...
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Baker Street squad! I hate backgrounds so I just made IbisPaint spit out a random one on my canvas
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I looked through the peep hole of my door at two seemingly nice police officers asking if I could come out and speak with them about a robbery that occurred down the street.

I couldn't open the door though, the address they gave for the house that was robbed didn't exist, and the name tags they wore were of two officers who'd been murdered earlier this week.

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Lego fans: Amazing Baker Street Lego Set on Lego Ideas (support to see it come to life!) ideas.lego.com/s/p:ff89e1…
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What did the baker say during a robbery?

"Hand over the dough!!"

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