As a project we’re keen on archives! No great surprise, given the records we rely upon are cared for in archives – and one of…
When we started the project, we knew we’d be finding details which took us down to the individuals involved in the accidents. We’d long known…
As we’ve noted in the past, the railway companies didn’t just run trains – their interests extended much further. As a result, they employed all…
People are absolutely central to our project. Thanks to the hard work of our volunteers, we’re able to get at the individuals behind the big…
Two weeks’ ago we looked at accidents to carriage and wagon staff who were keeping the railway network’s on-train toilets stocked. Provision was clearly made…
As travellers today (when we’re able to resume travelling) we may be less than enamoured of the toilets on trains – all too often cramped,…
Building a railway line was always a challenge – but at least in the early railway era, when Britain was relatively less urbanised, it was…
28 March was originally planned to host Dorset History Day – though obviously that’s now been postponed due to Coronavirus. However, as we’d written this…
Last week, Karen and Mike took part in this year’s Gerald Aylmer seminar, a day-long symposium themed around ‘co-production & collaboration in the archive’. Jointly…
All of the cases we’re cataloguing in our project database are sad, as at the very least they represent pain having been inflicted. Often they…