It was Newcastle’s first armed bank robbery – and it ended in chaos Chronicle Live
It was June 1933 and Newcastle was about to witness its first armed bank robbery. On the other side of the Atlantic, the exploits of American bank robbers John Dillinger and crime couple Bonnie and Clyde were already grabbing the headlines. All three would meet their fate in two separate hails of bullets the following year. For the folk of Tyneside living their lives 86 years ago, it was a time when the Great Depression cast a shadow, delivering widespread unemployment and hardship as the region’s traditional heavy industries fell into steep decline. King George V was on the throne and Rams…
Source: Jesmond Student News