Yesterday we looked at William Bonehill and his family – another small family, though no less devasting an impact via the death of a husband…
Following on from yesterday’s post, looking at Lewis Washburn and his family, today we focus on another of the men who died in the 1922…
In yesterday’s post we looked at what happened in the days following the 1922 Wilmcote accident. This included some of the community impacts, seen through…
In yesterday’s post, we looked at the immediate circumstances of the accident, as seen through the investigation reports. Today we turn to what happened in…
Edward Sherwood. George Booker. Lewis Washburn. William Bonehill. On 24 March 1922, these four Great Western Railway track workers were killed by a steam engine…
A year ago, we posted this blog about the 1909 Sharnbrook accident, which killed 2 railway workers. Shortly afterwards, we were contacted by this week’s…
Something of a departure for our usual project focus, this week’s blog makes use of an accident report type we don’t usually have reason to…
We’ve blogged in the past about disabled staff employed in railway service, including hearing loss, the subject of today’s post. Where it appears in the…
This week’s blog post is another that came about via an enquiry received by the project. Derek, this week’s author, was researching his family history,…
Some months ago I was sent an intriguing image by Robert Kitching of the Bowes Railway (whose guest post will be appearing soon!). The image…