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…
A year ago, we posted this blog about the 1909 Sharnbrook accident, which killed 2 railway workers. Shortly afterwards, we were contacted by this week’s…
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,…
In this guest post, Louise Bell reflects on her visit to the ‘On Track for Change’ exhibition at Head of Steam, earlier this year. The…
In another one of those fortuitous encounters – in this case, virtually, on Twitter – we ended up in contact with the author of today’s…
In this post, long-term volunteer Philip James thinks about some of the practical issues in project work, particularly under Covid. This helps us both appreciate…
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…
In this guest blog post, one anonymous project volunteer looks at a very specific aspect noticed in the entries in the volume of one railway…