How did railway employees learn their craft in the late 19th century and on into the 20th? For most grades it was by learning on…
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October, it turns out, has been a busy month for us. Over the course of 3 weeks we’ve participated in events involving 3 of our…
In this guest blog post, Sue Page looks at the life & death of her Great Grandfather and the impact it had on his family…
As part of Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine’s ‘Transcription Tuesday’, our project made available a set of records produced by the Amalgamated Society…
Well – hopefully not your own accidents, but we are interested in any cases of accidents to railway workers in the past about which you…
The lot of the Railway Inspector wasn’t always a happy one. Finding out what happened in an accident was never going to be an easy…
In this post, those working with the volunteers at each of the project institutions reflect on the project so far, and in particular on what…
In the latest of our Volunteers’ Week posts, project volunteer Cheryl Hunnisett, working with us at the Modern Records Centre, takes a look at one…
1-7 June is the UK’s Volunteers’ Week – a celebration of the hard work and amazing achievements of people giving up their time freely to…
In this guest blog post, Peter Bloomfield was able to use our database to add further detail to his existing research into North London Railway…