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Charmian Biggs has died,

polksaladallie — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:42:02 GMT

Charmian Brent, the former wife of great train robber Ronnie Biggs, dies

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-30/former-wife-of-great-train-robber-ronnie-biggs-dies/5992932

Whatever anyone thinks of Biggs, theirs was a real love story, and Charmian continued in a dignified way to contribute to society.

Re: Charmian Biggs has died,

aps1080 — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:48:45 GMT

Didn't she / they live in Blackburn or Monash ?

Re: Charmian Biggs has died,

horizon1907 — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:49:03 GMT

That, it did !! Certainly one of those "Is this for Real " stories. RIP Charmian.

Re: Charmian Biggs has died,

horizon1907 — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:50:06 GMT

I have a feeling it was Doncaster ? I may be wrong ?

Re: Charmian Biggs has died,

aps1080 — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:57:22 GMT

i just looked it up as it was before my time. We were both correct !!!

In 1966, Biggs fled to Sydney, where he lived for several months before moving to the seaside suburb of Glenelg in Adelaide, South Australia

In 1967, just after their third child was born, Biggs received an anonymous letter from Britain telling him that Interpol suspected that he was in Australia and that he should move. In May 1967, the family moved to Melbourne where he rented a house in the suburb of Blackburn North while his wife Charmian and their three sons lived in Doncaster East. He had a number of jobs in Melbourne before undertaking set construction work at the Channel 9 TV studios.