This post is one of a series exploring how the same source might be approached in different ways by different types of researcher, so we…
by Stephen Foster You can download the story here as a PDF. Our particular thanks to Stephen for writing this and for allowing us…
This post is one of a series exploring how the same source might be approached in different ways by different types of researcher, so we…
How do we connect people & place in our database? Most of the time there are the obvious links: the cases our project is concerned…
Railway working produced all sorts of odd terms, specific to the industry. Some of these are less obvious than others – but one which might…
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…
… and a case from our new data release, for good measure! As we start 2020 it seems like a good time to look…
UPDATED 17/12/2019 – The Transcription Tuesday data is now available! Find out more here. Ahead of tomorrow’s Transcription Tuesday, which we hope you’ll join in…
We return to one of the great things about our database for today’s blog post: the way it makes it possible to search the accident…
So far in our posts for Disability History Month and focusing on the Great Eastern Railway’s benevolent fund book (see here and here) we’ve looked…