Last week we launched our enhanced dataset of Railway Inspectorate staff accident investigations. We added a further 17,000 records to the existing database, available here,…
Over the years, many people have toyed with the idea that we don’t fully die until we are forgotten. We hope that with our free…
With next week’s new data release, this post from guest author Susan Fabbro is timely. Susan was good enough to put it together for us…
Today railway members of the RMT union started the first of 3 days of strike action. This will be hugely disruptive to a great many…
Exciting news! We’re gearing up to make our next data release – around 16,000 new records. But we need your help … Provisionally we’re aiming…
This week’s guest post links nicely to last week’s, with its focus on Peterborough. Peterborough offers a great window onto death in the past, thanks…
One of the great things about this project is that it takes us in all sorts of unexpected directions. That includes the research and topics…
We’re delighted to welcome Sandra Gittens back to the project blog this week. Sandra is known for her research on – amongst others – the…
This week’s blog post came about following a talk Mike gave at the U3A Family History Conference in Buxton in September 2019. Mike had a…
In today’s post, project volunteer and regular blog contributor Philip James looks at the (infamous?) Woodhead route, including the tunnels. He draws on an accident…