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…
Whilst blog posts have largely reflected our project sources and focus, and looked at mainline railways in the UK and Ireland, this doesn’t capture all…
In her research, Sandra Gittins has already turned up a couple of cases of accidents to railway staff serving overseas during World War One –…
In the early 1890s a public scandal arose over the hours some railway employees worked. We might conclude that the press and MPs who took…
So far we’ve largely confined ourselves to the cases found in our database, to give you more detail on a small – but increasing –…
In the course of her research into the military railway aspects of the First World War, Sandra Gittins has already found a number of accidents…
In this guest post marking the start of Women’s History Month, Dr Susan Major – another of us with a connection to York – explores…
In this post, guest contributor Sandra Gittins brings us back to the First World War, when accidents to railway staff didn’t stop. She’s already blogged…
Last year we blogged about some of the railway staff who were injured at work and then went on to fight and die in the…
Over the last 4 years a great deal of attention has been focused on the First World War and its devastating and wide-ranging impacts. We’ve…