In another one of those fortuitous encounters – in this case, virtually, on Twitter – we ended up in contact with the author of today’s…
We’re delighted to feature this blog post from a team at the Head of Steam – Darlington Railway Museum. It focuses on a topic of…
In this post, guest author Jane Jarrett outlines her Grandfather’s life and career, including the accident that cost him his arm and changed his life…
This guest post breaks new ground for the project – by focusing on the experiences of railway staff, written in their own words. As he…
In today’s guest blog post, Julie G takes us back to a place-based approach. She’s interested in Long Buckby Wharf, in Northants – a transport…
We might tend to question the extent to which many of the working classes – for it is the working classes who are largely the…
Our project is documenting the many risks incidental to railway working – including at times animal dangers. We’ll be coming back to the more usual…
We’re delighted to have received this timely guest post from long-time project friend and support Steve Jackson. It’s timely because, as Steve notes, it meshes…
In January 2021 we received a comment on one of our blog posts. Sid Harbour had contacted us, saying ‘I have just discovered your website.…
Disability features in our project heavily. Mostly frequently it’s cases where accidents have caused disability (see here for some cases we’ve featured in the past).…