The Railway Work, Life & Death project database is full of cases which we can usefully evaluate with modern eyes. This isn’t straightforward of course…
19-25 May 2025 is ‘Community Rail Week’ – an annual chance to boost the work being done to connect communities with their railways today. The…
Marking both Women’s History Month and St David’s Day, today’s blog post focuses on one place we’re going to find Welsh railwaywomen in the Railway…
Around two weeks’ ago, we put out a request on our Twitter account to find out more about ‘Cricpante Rego’ – and as well as…
Last week we went to Aberystwyth, for the launch of Transport for Wales ‘Railway 200’ programme. The launch was excellent, bringing together the current industry,…
This week, the Railway Work, Life & Death project is off to Aberystwyth, for the Transport for Wales Railway 200 launch! It’s a privilege to…
A year ago today we made public a huge new dataset – around 25,000 cases involving trade union members. They belonged to the Amalgamated Society…
Continuing our Women’s History Month focus on where women feature in our project database, this week we’re turning to what remains a concern for the…
March is Women’s History Month, and once again is a good opportunity for our project to reflect on where women appear in our work. This…
This week’s blog post looks at where disability appears in our project database for Welsh railway workers. It’s one of our posts marking Disability History…