OldRailwayAccidents
Welcome to the 'Railway Work, Life & Death' project, collaboratively researching British & Irish railway staff accidents pre-1939. Posts by Mike Esbester.
#RailwayHistory #TransportHistory #MobilityHistory #Railway200
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
- Looking forward to being part of the Guild of One-Names Studies day seminar, 'From waterways to railways' Sat 21 Feb, Peterborough Really interesting line up; still time to sign up (till 8 Feb)! #GuildOccupations #FamilyHistory Details & booking: one-name.org/seminar-even...
- Reposted by OldRailwayAccidentsQuite extraordinary how little discussion of risks universities are engaging in before they sign all their staff and students up for new AI tools, at extraordinary cost, Given universities' known deficits and repeated claims of financial exigency, this is surely problematic.
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- Looking forward to being part of the Guild of One-Name Studies day seminar, 'From waterways to railways' Sat 21 Feb, Peterborough Really interesting line up & some great speakers! #GuildOccupations #FamilyHistory More details & booking (open till 8 Feb) here: one-name.org/seminar-even...
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- Happy Up Helly Aa, everyone - esp those in #Shetland or with Shetland roots! A fun & fiery tradition - haven't seen it in the flesh, but did learn more about it on a family trip to Shetland in 2024, tracing the #FamilyHistory 😃👍 www.uphellyaa.com
- ONE WEEK'S TIME! Come & hear the ever great @karlbell.bsky.social - always fascinating material in his talks: Tidal Terrors: Folklore & Supernatural Storytelling at Sea 3 Feb 2026, 5.30pm University of Portsmouth Free - tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tidal-terr...
- Here we go! Looking forward to the start of the new teaching term, with a new cohort of fab @uophistory.bsky.social students. The ever-fun Working with the Past (2nd yr, practice-based module) & the NEW 2nd yr module, 'Age of Crisis' ... seems apt at the present! Let's do history!
- #ICYMI we've been doing some work on Stoke-on-Trent & surrounds! #Staffordshire #LocalHistory #RailwayHistory Part of New Vic Borderlines 'Tracks through Time' project, we've researched some railway staff life stories - read them here: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/stoke-on-tre...
- Very interesting read on a Sunday morning: How romanticised images of London fog shaped the way we see polluted air share.google/MruiwtrS1EAE...
- #ICYMI our current blog looks at the Abbots Ripton disaster of 1876. Guest author @johnpullin.bsky.social examines some of the causes & lessons from the crash. There's also a #FamilyHistory connection to the intriguing Dionysius Lardner! www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/abbots-ripto...
- Reposted by OldRailwayAccidents"Slavery was real" Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington. Presidents House, Philadelphia.
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- A year ago, as part of #Railway200, we went on an #AccidentalJourney, to #Aberystwyth, #Wales. We traced our route via entries in the Railway Work, Life & Death project database, of past railway staff & their accidents. Read the thread here:
- This is v funny! #Reviewer2 #AcademicLife 👇
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- Came to us via @humberlevels.bsky.social - a great spot, and looking forward to watching this! Well done to all involved!👏👍 👇
- #ICYMI - our new blog post, from @johnpullin.bsky.social! 👇
- Fab looking conference from @mrcwarwick.bsky.social - Blood is the price of coal. Call for papers open until Sunday - have a look! 18 June for the event itself - hoping to be a part of it! warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
- Pleased to see this out in Community Rail News! Thanks to @communityrail.bsky.social for featuring it - we wanted to demonstrate what we've done with Community Rail partners, as a 'worked example' of we might work with more CRPs & station adopters! communityrail.org.uk/community-ra...
- Off to #London this morning to meet lovely National Railway Museum colleagues, to discuss how we develop the Railway Work, Life & Death project. Plenty to cover, needless to say - keep fingers crossed ... And what would you like to see the project do in the future? Tell us & influence the outcome!
- Done! Really hard to pare it down to essentials, but getting the kids to think about before & after the coming of the railway, via the places they know, was a good strategy. They ask a lot of questions, too ... 👏 but exhausting! #RailwayHistory #WellDoneTeachers #Railway200
- #OnThisDay 1876, the Abbots Ripton disaster - a gale & snowstorm led to 3 passenger trains colliding & 13 deaths. Guest author John Pullin @johnpullin.bluesky.social looks at the crash - & finds a curious connection to the railways' early days: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/abbots-ripto...
- Last day! For anyone heading to #Crewe today to see Inspiration, the #Railway200 exhibition train, be sure to check out the 'Tracks through Time' exhibition in the station building! It's by the partner zone carriage - do pop over! More here: bsky.app/profile/rwld...
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- This looks really bad. Thoughts and sympathies are with all those involved & affected. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
- For anyone heading to #Crewe today to see Inspiration, the #Railway200 exhibition train, be sure to check out the 'Tracks through Time' exhibition in the station building! It's by the partner zone carriage - do pop over! More here: bsky.app/profile/rwld...
- And if you're going to see #Railway200 Inspiration today in #Crewe, do stop in and see the 'Tracks through Time' exhibition! It's in the station building near the partner zone carriage - come & find out lots more about the region's #RailwayHistory! 👇
- We're on! Come & see the Railway Work, Life & Death project's contribution to the Tracks through Time exhibition at #Crewe station today. Part of the #Railway200 Inspiration exhibition train stop. We've researched staff stories from the area, working with New Vic Borderlines.
- @bessbbe.bsky.social you're everywhere - well, Arlo is! On the North Staffs CRP stand at #Crewe, part of #Railway200 Inspiration's visit - plus being dished out by Aventi as part of the kids' goodies bag! 😃👏
- We're on! Come & see the Railway Work, Life & Death project's contribution to the Tracks through Time exhibition at #Crewe station today. Part of the #Railway200 Inspiration exhibition train stop. We've researched staff stories from the area, working with New Vic Borderlines.
- @joannecrompton.bsky.social nice to see our work featured alongside you! 😃👏💪 Part of the Tracks through Time exhibition, currently on at Crewe station, whilst Inspiration is in town.
- We're on! Come & see the Railway Work, Life & Death project's contribution to the Tracks through Time exhibition at #Crewe station today. Part of the #Railway200 Inspiration exhibition train stop. We've researched staff stories from the area, working with New Vic Borderlines.
- We're on! Come & see the Railway Work, Life & Death project's contribution to the Tracks through Time exhibition at #Crewe station today. Part of the #Railway200 Inspiration exhibition train stop. We've researched staff stories from the area, working with New Vic Borderlines.
- Tomorrow! Getting all the bits and pieces together at the moment... #Railway200 👇
- We're off to #Crewe on Thursday! As part of our collaboration with New Vic Borderlines & North Staffordshire CRP, Railway Work, Life & Death project work will feature at Crewe station. It's while Inspiration, the #Railway200 exhibition train, is in town. www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/01/avan...
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- We're off to #Crewe on Thursday! As part of our collaboration with New Vic Borderlines & North Staffordshire CRP, Railway Work, Life & Death project work will feature at Crewe station. It's while Inspiration, the #Railway200 exhibition train, is in town. www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/01/avan...
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- Delighted to see this - some of the brilliant @uophistory.bsky.social undergrad students' work, with Liberation Route Europe, featured in Time Out! 😃👏👍 Congrats to Sadie, Frankie, Jack & Elliott, & thanks to @robtjames.bsky.social for supporting their work! www.timeout.com/uk/news/two-...
