Holidays were odd times for the railways. Many services – particularly goods – kept moving, so at least some staff were still at work. Yet…
We’ve posted about accidents to women railway workers before (see here and here). Each time we’ve noted that there are relatively women in our data…
March is Women’s History Month, and once again is a good opportunity for our project to reflect on where women appear in our work. This…
Whilst 29 February is a ‘rare’ date, sadly accidents to railway workers on past leap days weren’t rare. As we discussed in our previous blog…
A leap year and a leap day are always a bit unusual. Sadly for the railways they weren’t so unusual in terms of the accidents…
This week the RMT Union held its annual health and safety advisory conference in York. Focused on improving health and safety for those in all…
This blog post was produced by University of Portsmouth History student Jenny Leng, as part of her work on the ‘Working with the Past’ module.…
In last week’s blog, starting our contributions to Disability History Month, we considered where we might see learning disabilities in our project work. This week…
In a week’s time, on Christmas Day, the UK’s rail network will be a lot quieter than usual. There won’t be any passenger services running.…
This week’s blog post looks at where disability appears in our project database for Welsh railway workers. It’s one of our posts marking Disability History…