Four years ago, in 2022, the Railway Work, Life & Death project researched the Wilmcote accident, which killed four Great Western Railway (GWR) track workers…
Over the last six days we’ve been blogging about 1922 Wilmcote accident (see yesterday’s post here), in the lead up to the centenary on 24…
This blog is our final post in this series, ahead of the centenary tomorrow of the 1921 Stapleton Road accident. Yesterday we looked at the…
On Thursday 24 September 2026, it’s all about Crewe! Supported by the Railway Work, Life & Death project, the Family History Society of Cheshire is…
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…
We first ‘met’ Chris Cornell, this week’s guest author, on social media. We ended up discussing a number of things – but soon a very…
This week we’re delighted to welcome a guest post to the Railway Work, Life & Death project blog. Shaun Brooke got in touch with us…
Around two weeks’ ago, we put out a request on our Twitter account to find out more about ‘Cricpante Rego’ – and as well as…
It’s not often there’s the chance to tell the story of an ordinary railway worker’s accident on a national platform. James Welland’s 1898 injury offered…
2024 marks the 50th anniversary of three organisations important to the Railway Work, Life & Death project. The Hampshire Genealogical Society (HGS), Leicestershire & Rutland…