In this blog post we continue our series produced by University of Portsmouth History degree students as part of their course this year. For their…
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.…
Our project is made by everyone who has been involved – particularly the volunteer teams at the institutions involved doing the hard work of transcribing…
Recently it was announced that the site of the Edge Hill engine station in Liverpool has been given listed status. This is to mark the…
Continuing our look at the cases found in our new data release, this week we have the 1922 accident to Frederick James Webb. In many…
We’ve already blogged about a couple of cases of multiple accidents: when our database has shown a worker had more than one accident. We’ve considered…
In this post, we’re delighted to welcome guest author Michael Davis. Michael volunteers in a number of railway-related ways, as becomes clear in his post…
This month we’ve already highlighted a a number of cases in which workers had 2 accidents (see here and here). Before the month is out,…
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…