When we started the project, we knew we’d be finding details which took us down to the individuals involved in the accidents. We’d long known…
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…
There are many cases in our database in which we see similar circumstances – and often similar outcomes: track workers hit by trains, shunters crushed…
In this guest post, NRM volunteer Brian Grainger reflects on some questions that have occurred to him in the course of transcribing the state accident…
In the course of the project work, our volunteers have found a huge range of stories that feed into our database. Some are quirky, many…
We’re grateful to Ian Strugnell for this guest blog post. Ian is a member of the Great Eastern Railway Society, and got in touch after…
In this guest blog post, Sue Page looks at the life & death of her Great Grandfather and the impact it had on his family…
Building a railway line was always a challenge – but at least in the early railway era, when Britain was relatively less urbanised, it was…
28 March was originally planned to host Dorset History Day – though obviously that’s now been postponed due to Coronavirus. However, as we’d written this…
Last week, Karen and Mike took part in this year’s Gerald Aylmer seminar, a day-long symposium themed around ‘co-production & collaboration in the archive’. Jointly…