On 10 November 1840, a steam locomotive named ‘Surprise’ exploded in Bromsgrove. It killed its crew, Joseph Rutherford and Thomas Scaife. The incident might perhaps…
4 August is International Beer Day! Never ones to pass up a beer-related opportunity, we had a look through the project database to see what…
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…
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,…
We’re delighted to have received this timely guest post from long-time project friend and support Steve Jackson. It’s timely because, as Steve notes, it meshes…
As travellers today (when we’re able to resume travelling) we may be less than enamoured of the toilets on trains – all too often cramped,…
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…
We’ve blogged in the past about those cases in our database where staff had two accidents (see here for the most recent of those posts).…
In the latest of our Volunteers’ Week posts, project volunteer Cheryl Hunnisett, working with us at the Modern Records Centre, takes a look at one…
At the moment, Glasgow Queen St station is undergoing a major redevelopment, which has included exposing the Victorian glass frontage, concealed for the last 40…