Earlier this year we were contacted by the author of this blog post, Sarah Maczugowska, seeking information about her Great Grandfather John Pratt’s role on…
This week we have another guest post from Philip James, part of the NRM team and our most prolific blog contributor – read his other…
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…
Some days on the railways were worse than others – in total, and for particular grades of workers. The 19th of January was one which…
Last year the author of this guest post, Tom Hall, got in touch with us. Having found out about the project, he wanted to let…
In this week’s post, guest author Rob Langham takes us back almost to birth of the railway age in England – a time when railways…
Today we are fortunate in that the idea of work-life balance exists – if only as an ideal, in many cases. People interested in understanding…
For some staff, getting to or from work was a matter of walking. For permanent way staff, who might be working on track many miles…
In this guest blog post, Sue Page looks at the life & death of her Great Grandfather and the impact it had on his family…