Terry Gourvish

@terrygh.bsky.social

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

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Xmas from Treebeard

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David Turner @railwayhistorian.bsky.social · 3d

A (likely) posed image of a London, Midland and Scottish Railway dining car decked out in festive garb, from the December 1937 edition of the staff magazine.

It was estimated that the company's dining cars would serve 12,000 lbs of turkey on Christmas Day that year.

The interior of a first class railway carriage. On the left of the carriage are single seats, on the right are doubles. We see people in Christmas hats sitting, and across the aisle Christmas crackers are being pulled. Standing in the aisle is a chef, handing out food. Hung from the roof and sides of the carriage are streamers and other long Christmas decorations. It is a very jolly image.

Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · 3d

An elite group ...

Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · 4d

Santa is serving ...

Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · 4d

Ay Up! At the Trafford

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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 4d

Seems like it's worth posting this one again.

Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?

Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?

contingentmagazine.org

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 6d

Nigel Farage’s £9m Donor Profits From Putin Propaganda Platform While Holding MoD Stake
Reform UK’s biggest donor is profiting from ties to a pro-Kremlin platform that hosts a Russian intelligence-backed influence operation bylinetimes.com/2025/12/16/n...

Nigel Farage’s £9m Donor Profits From Putin Propaganda Platform While Holding MoD Stake

Reform UK's biggest donor is profiting from ties to a pro-Kremlin platform that hosts a Russian intelligence-backed influence operation

bylinetimes.com

Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · 10d

You Are My Starship

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Tim Holt @beerhasahistory.bsky.social · 10d

Some interesting references to beer and brewing in this free to access book, The Experience of Work in Early Modern England by @markhailwood.bsky.social et al www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...

The Experience of Work in Early Modern England

Cambridge Core - Economic History - The Experience of Work in Early Modern England

www.cambridge.org

Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · 15d

Vards- still got it!

Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · 19d

Norwich market - where else?

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 24d

Nigel Farage’s Legacy — Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...

Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’

The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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Beefeater Fella @beefeaterfella.bsky.social · 24d

Russian banks are ready to restructure some of Russian Railways' (RZD) debt as long as the central bank does not increase reserve requirements for these loans, VTB CEO Andrei Kostin told Reuters in an interview.

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · 28d

How the railways used to be

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28d

‘Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.’

Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going

Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Nov 26

Art in action ...

Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Nov 23

Good then, and good now!

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · Nov 21

It's been a big week for me.

On Monday, @degruyterbrill.bsky.social published my first book, Selling Out Santa, which was a development of my PhD thesis which I defended one year ago today. It's been a long and difficult year since then, but I'm taking today to be proud of those two achievements.

Selling Out Santa: Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy|Hardcover

Christmas is not just a day or a frame of mind as Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) imparts in Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Christmas is also a vehicle for national mythmaking as an idealising mirror for ...

www.barnesandnoble.com

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Luke Foley @lukefoley.me · Nov 18

Kenny McLean sends Scotland to the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1998. I love sports. This is what it’s all about.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · Nov 9

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

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · Oct 30

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

Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Oct 27

A simple railway label can tell you so much

Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Oct 27

Cannaregio

Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Oct 26

Get about as oiled
As a diesel train

Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Oct 23

Your 2026 guide looks grubby already!

Si Everitt - BRAPA @stymiesi.bsky.social · Oct 22

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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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · Oct 23

🚉 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...