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…
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’ve already blogged about a couple of cases of multiple accidents: when our database has shown a worker had more than one accident. We’ve considered…
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…
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…
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…
This guest post breaks new ground for the project – by focusing on the experiences of railway staff, written in their own words. As he…