Terry Gourvish
terrygh.bsky.social
Terry Gourvish
@terrygh.bsky.social

Business historian, interested in railways, brewing, archives and Leicester City

Business 36%
Economics 19%

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this is my favourite comment of the day on an FT story

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The decision is in! The Office of Rail & Road (ORR) has approved Virgin Trains’ application to access Temple Mills depot, paving the way for competition between London and Paris, Brussels & Amsterdam from 2030. www.railwaypro.com/wp/orr-appro...
ORR approves Virgin for new Channel Tunnel services
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has approved Virgin Trains’ application to access Temple Mills International depot in London, paving the way for a new era of competition on Channel Tunnel routes.
www.railwaypro.com

A simple railway label can tell you so much

Cannaregio

Get about as oiled
As a diesel train

Your 2026 guide looks grubby already!
Pub 3097, Twa Dugs, West Kilbride. Translates as 'two dogs' cos Scottish people are mad as. Ironically walked into a plasma of cat protection league advert. A homely modern smart gaff, nicely local, heard Smile by the Supernaturals for first time since 1997.

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🚉 Cowley branch line: "Oxford rail link to reopen as ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’ takes shape.
The chancellor has given the green light, & £120m, to the reopen the Cowley branch line following a campaign co-founded by the Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford." ⏬️ 🆓
www.thetimes.com/article/37c8...
Oxford rail link to reopen as ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’ takes shape
Government funding backs investment by Larry Ellison’s new technology institute, which is planning to spend £10bn on science programmes
www.thetimes.com

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Pub 3097, Twa Dugs, West Kilbride. Translates as 'two dogs' cos Scottish people are mad as. Ironically walked into a plasma of cat protection league advert. A homely modern smart gaff, nicely local, heard Smile by the Supernaturals for first time since 1997.

A strong team

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Tetley Malthouse, Mill Street, Leeds, winter 1973, photo by Peter Mitchell.

Drinking a pint of Kentish ale in memory of Gerald Crompton, the business historian, who has died

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Please subscribe to my substack Christian Wolmar's Transport News today's post "Failure on the line" open.substack.com/pub/transpor...
Failure on the line
In the book on high speed rail that I have been writing
open.substack.com

Football supporters shop, in restrained Venetian style

Bin men, Venice style

A surprisingly good beer from Puglia

In the 9th century crypt of the old cathedral, Brescia. The crucifix is more recent. Is the cross made out of old railway sleepers? See photo to follow

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It is a shame I cannot make it, but the Black Country Society's
Black Country History Day is on 8 November 2025, 1000 to 1630. It is titled "After Agenoria; Aspects of the Railway Revolution in the Black Country".

More info here:

#Railway200

www.blackcountrysociety.com/events/black...
Black Country History Day 2025 | black-country-soc
Black Country History Day 2025 After Agenoria; Aspects of the Railway Revolution in the Black Country
www.blackcountrysociety.com

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Train ticketing broke. I have a hand written ticket to get me home.

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Last days of summer in Venice☀️

Age is just a number - but some numbers are bigger than others

Copyright BRAPA - the Peyton Arms

Wrong again! It’s Steam Shed!!!!
I should have written ‘Engine Shed’ Brewery, a relatively new venture with beers named after famous steam engines, e.g. ‘Black Five’.
Drinking an excellent beer from Swaffham's Train Shed Brewery!

I should have written ‘Engine Shed’ Brewery, a relatively new venture with beers named after famous steam engines, e.g. ‘Black Five’.
Drinking an excellent beer from Swaffham's Train Shed Brewery!
This just doesn’t seem a sustainable account.
Nigel Farage admits he was wrong to say he had bought house in Clacton
Reform UK leader says he should not have claimed he was buyer of property that was really bought by his partner
www.theguardian.com

Drinking an excellent beer from Swaffham's Train Shed Brewery!

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All looking good.

Maybe football managers should shave off their beards

Bell and Creed - timeless lyrics, e.g. Love Comes Easy

Yes, but when you get there …
Also anyone leading with the idea of London - Berlin direct trains can’t be taken seriously. If there are to be UK-Germany trains it’ll be to Köln and Frankfurt, as journey times to those are ok and - within reason - there’s terminal space.

Berlin is too far, too remote, also has station headaches.

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The call for next year's @businesshistoryc.bsky.social annual meeting is up (the deadline is Oct 17th). The theme is Co-creation. Is there anyone who might be interesting in developing a panel on the Co-creation of business histories with collaborators from outside both academia & the corporation.