No doubt you’ll all have read – avidly – every line of the 50,000 or so cases currently in our database. Well – perhaps not…
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…
As we approach 2018 we thought it might be interesting to have a look at the junction between the old year and the new as…
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.…
To conclude our posts for Disability History Month, this week we’re focusing on what one of the datasets in our trade union data release can…
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…
Last week’s blog looked at shunter Frederick Potter, and the way his railway work continued, in a different role, after his 1913 accident which led…
Continuing our Disability History Month blog posts, today we’re exploring one of the new runs of data from our trade union data release earlier this…
In the UK, Disability History Month runs from 16 November – 16 December annually. It’s an important initiative, helping to highlight disabled people and their…