This is another in our occasional series of posts produced by University of Portsmouth History degree students as part of their course. For their second-year…
On the bookshelves of many in the rail industry and many more rail enthusiasts, you’ll probably find a copy of Tom Rolt’s Red for Danger.…
In this blog post we continue our occasional series produced by University of Portsmouth History degree students as part of their course. For their second-year…
In this blog post we start a series, running through the rest of the year, produced by University of Portsmouth History degree students as part…
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…
It’s not often that the kinds of accidents which feature in the Railway Work, Life & Death project and its database were described as a…
Holidays were odd times for the railways. Many services – particularly goods – kept moving, so at least some staff were still at work. Yet…
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…
We’ve posted about accidents to women railway workers before (see here and here). Each time we’ve noted that there are relatively women in our data…