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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
#RailwayHistory #TransportHistory #MobilityHistory #Railway200
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
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Welcome to the 'Railway Work, Life & Death' project Bluesky account!
Check our expanding database of British & Irish railway worker accidents, covering 1855-1939 - all free!
Currently over 117,000 cases, with more to come.
railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
Check our expanding database of British & Irish railway worker accidents, covering 1855-1939 - all free!
Currently over 117,000 cases, with more to come.
railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
Well worth coming along to this public lecture if you can make it - from my @uophistory.bsky.social friend & colleague, @karlbell.bsky.social!
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Join me for 'Tidal Terrors: Folklore and Supernatural Storytelling at Sea', a public talk @ Portsmouth University on 3rd February (5.30-7 pm). It is free, but you need to book a place @ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tidal-terr...
@uopmaritime.bsky.social @uophistory.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
@uopmaritime.bsky.social @uophistory.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
Tidal Terrors: Folklore and Supernatural Storytelling at Sea
Public lecture: The real life lessons from supernatural stories of the sea.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Well worth coming along to this public lecture if you can make it - from my @uophistory.bsky.social friend & colleague, @karlbell.bsky.social!
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Great to be working on the new @uophistory.bsky.social 2nd year module 'Age of Crisis'!
Had a good team meeting yesterday, with the excellent @robtjames.bsky.social @karlbell.bsky.social & @drmseiter.bsky.social. It's a pleasure to co-teach with them - we've got lots to share with our students!
Had a good team meeting yesterday, with the excellent @robtjames.bsky.social @karlbell.bsky.social & @drmseiter.bsky.social. It's a pleasure to co-teach with them - we've got lots to share with our students!
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Great to be working on the new @uophistory.bsky.social 2nd year module 'Age of Crisis'!
Had a good team meeting yesterday, with the excellent @robtjames.bsky.social @karlbell.bsky.social & @drmseiter.bsky.social. It's a pleasure to co-teach with them - we've got lots to share with our students!
Had a good team meeting yesterday, with the excellent @robtjames.bsky.social @karlbell.bsky.social & @drmseiter.bsky.social. It's a pleasure to co-teach with them - we've got lots to share with our students!
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🚨 DON'T MISS IT 🚨
Our #Railway200 exhibition, 'Finding the south coast's forgotten railway workers', is on at the University of Portsmouth - till 17 December.
Pop into Park Building (King Henry I Street) - free, whenever the building is open:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/finding-the-...
Our #Railway200 exhibition, 'Finding the south coast's forgotten railway workers', is on at the University of Portsmouth - till 17 December.
Pop into Park Building (King Henry I Street) - free, whenever the building is open:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/finding-the-...
Finding the south coast’s forgotten railway workers - Railway Work, Life & Death
Read about our public exhibition, showcasing research from the Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project - out now.
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🚨 DON'T MISS IT 🚨
Our #Railway200 exhibition, 'Finding the south coast's forgotten railway workers', is on at the University of Portsmouth - till 17 December.
Pop into Park Building (King Henry I Street) - free, whenever the building is open:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/finding-the-...
Our #Railway200 exhibition, 'Finding the south coast's forgotten railway workers', is on at the University of Portsmouth - till 17 December.
Pop into Park Building (King Henry I Street) - free, whenever the building is open:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/finding-the-...
🚨 DON'T MISS IT 🚨
Our #Railway200 exhibition, 'Finding the south coast's forgotten railway workers', is on at the University of Portsmouth - till 17 December.
Pop into Park Building (King Henry I Street) - free, whenever the building is open:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/finding-the-...
Our #Railway200 exhibition, 'Finding the south coast's forgotten railway workers', is on at the University of Portsmouth - till 17 December.
Pop into Park Building (King Henry I Street) - free, whenever the building is open:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/finding-the-...
Finding the south coast’s forgotten railway workers - Railway Work, Life & Death
Read about our public exhibition, showcasing research from the Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project - out now.
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🚨 DON'T MISS IT 🚨
Our #Railway200 exhibition, 'Finding the south coast's forgotten railway workers', is on at the University of Portsmouth - till 17 December.
Pop into Park Building (King Henry I Street) - free, whenever the building is open:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/finding-the-...
Our #Railway200 exhibition, 'Finding the south coast's forgotten railway workers', is on at the University of Portsmouth - till 17 December.
Pop into Park Building (King Henry I Street) - free, whenever the building is open:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/finding-the-...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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I wish the North East had another municipal maritime museum alongside Hartlepool, but this is why. The amount of funds it would even take to keep
static ships afloat would be a pain in the arse. Never mind getting them here in the first place. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
static ships afloat would be a pain in the arse. Never mind getting them here in the first place. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Historic Hull trawler rescue abandoned for virtual version
The £3.5m plan to return the Viola trawler to Hull has been abandoned due to escalating costs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I wish the North East had another municipal maritime museum alongside Hartlepool, but this is why. The amount of funds it would even take to keep
static ships afloat would be a pain in the arse. Never mind getting them here in the first place. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
static ships afloat would be a pain in the arse. Never mind getting them here in the first place. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Really powerful writing from @cathfeely.bsky.social - an interesting #FamilyHistory story, but so much more than that.
The interweaving of the personal & professional is complex, and makes this even more salient.
The interweaving of the personal & professional is complex, and makes this even more salient.
For Remembrance Sunday, a short reflection on the life and death of my great grandfather in the twenty years after his return. botheringmiancestors.substack.com/p/the-trench...
The Trenches, the Tram and the Trolley Bus
A twentieth-century story
botheringmiancestors.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Really powerful writing from @cathfeely.bsky.social - an interesting #FamilyHistory story, but so much more than that.
The interweaving of the personal & professional is complex, and makes this even more salient.
The interweaving of the personal & professional is complex, and makes this even more salient.
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This looks like it might be really useful for anyone interested in building history and recording buildings.
*WEBINAR*
Photographing old buildings (and other things!)
7.30pm Thursday 20th November
Tony Harding shares some tips and tricks gained from his experience photographing buildings for various SANHS-related and other projects.
Full details: sanhs.org/event/sanhs-...
Photographing old buildings (and other things!)
7.30pm Thursday 20th November
Tony Harding shares some tips and tricks gained from his experience photographing buildings for various SANHS-related and other projects.
Full details: sanhs.org/event/sanhs-...
November 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This looks like it might be really useful for anyone interested in building history and recording buildings.
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Ahead of #RemembranceDay, some of our Railway Work, Life & Death blog posts touch upon the impact war had upon the railway industry & railway workers.
We've posted about the impact of the First World War here:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/tag/first-wo...
We've posted about the impact of the First World War here:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/tag/first-wo...
First World War Archives - Railway Work, Life & Death
Railway Work, Life & Death
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Ahead of #RemembranceDay, some of our Railway Work, Life & Death blog posts touch upon the impact war had upon the railway industry & railway workers.
We've posted about the impact of the First World War here:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/tag/first-wo...
We've posted about the impact of the First World War here:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/tag/first-wo...
Came to us via @signsthereading.bsky.social - much appreciated.
Always interested in graves of railway staff accidentally killed, especially where the incident is mentioned on the headstone/grave site.
Always interested in graves of railway staff accidentally killed, especially where the incident is mentioned on the headstone/grave site.
#Earsdon Grave of Samuel Short in St Alban's Churchyard, Earsdon, photographed 8th November 2013.
Porter at Backworth Railway Station he was killed in an accident at Backworth Junction whilst wagons were being shunted and he was run over.
Newspaper reports Journal and North Mail
Porter at Backworth Railway Station he was killed in an accident at Backworth Junction whilst wagons were being shunted and he was run over.
Newspaper reports Journal and North Mail
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Came to us via @signsthereading.bsky.social - much appreciated.
Always interested in graves of railway staff accidentally killed, especially where the incident is mentioned on the headstone/grave site.
Always interested in graves of railway staff accidentally killed, especially where the incident is mentioned on the headstone/grave site.
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#BoatFamilies and the First World War - finding these young men who served is proving difficult but so far I have found 20 young men who made the ultimate sacrifice. Their stories will be told, for now I'm just remembering their names. #OnePlaceStudies #RemembranceSunday
World War 1
We Are [showcasing your family history like never before]
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November 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#BoatFamilies and the First World War - finding these young men who served is proving difficult but so far I have found 20 young men who made the ultimate sacrifice. Their stories will be told, for now I'm just remembering their names. #OnePlaceStudies #RemembranceSunday
#ICYMI
The next in the @ihr.bsky.social Transport & Mobility History seminar series - Thursday 20 November, 5.30pm.
Free to attend (online or in person) - follow the link below to register!
#Railway200 #TransportHistory #RailwayHistory
The next in the @ihr.bsky.social Transport & Mobility History seminar series - Thursday 20 November, 5.30pm.
Free to attend (online or in person) - follow the link below to register!
#Railway200 #TransportHistory #RailwayHistory
OldRailwayAccidents (@rwldproject.bsky.social)
NEW SEMINAR! 'The Station Master’s Railway: Self-Representation & the Moral Life of Infrastructure' Nirali Joshi (Åbo Akademi University) 20 November 2025, 17.30 UK; hybrid Part of the…
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November 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
#ICYMI
The next in the @ihr.bsky.social Transport & Mobility History seminar series - Thursday 20 November, 5.30pm.
Free to attend (online or in person) - follow the link below to register!
#Railway200 #TransportHistory #RailwayHistory
The next in the @ihr.bsky.social Transport & Mobility History seminar series - Thursday 20 November, 5.30pm.
Free to attend (online or in person) - follow the link below to register!
#Railway200 #TransportHistory #RailwayHistory
Ahead of #RemembranceDay, some of our Railway Work, Life & Death blog posts touch upon the impact war had upon the railway industry & railway workers.
We've posted about the impact of the First World War here:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/tag/first-wo...
We've posted about the impact of the First World War here:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/tag/first-wo...
First World War Archives - Railway Work, Life & Death
Railway Work, Life & Death
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Ahead of #RemembranceDay, some of our Railway Work, Life & Death blog posts touch upon the impact war had upon the railway industry & railway workers.
We've posted about the impact of the First World War here:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/tag/first-wo...
We've posted about the impact of the First World War here:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/tag/first-wo...
Ahead of #RemembranceDay, some of our Railway Work, Life & Death blog posts touch upon the impact war had upon the railway industry & railway workers.
We've posted about the impact of the First World War here:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/tag/first-wo...
We've posted about the impact of the First World War here:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/tag/first-wo...
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Ahead of #RemembranceDay, some of our Railway Work, Life & Death blog posts touch upon the impact war had upon the railway industry & railway workers.
We've posted about the impact of the First World War here:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/tag/first-wo...
We've posted about the impact of the First World War here:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/tag/first-wo...
🚨2 DAYS LEFT!🚨
FREE access to 17 brilliant #RailwayHistory articles from the Journal of Transport History - AVAILABLE NOW!
For #Railway200 the JTH has put together a virtual collection of articles - & until 10 November they're free!
#JTH
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
FREE access to 17 brilliant #RailwayHistory articles from the Journal of Transport History - AVAILABLE NOW!
For #Railway200 the JTH has put together a virtual collection of articles - & until 10 November they're free!
#JTH
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🚨2 DAYS LEFT!🚨
FREE access to 17 brilliant #RailwayHistory articles from the Journal of Transport History - AVAILABLE NOW!
For #Railway200 the JTH has put together a virtual collection of articles - & until 10 November they're free!
#JTH
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
FREE access to 17 brilliant #RailwayHistory articles from the Journal of Transport History - AVAILABLE NOW!
For #Railway200 the JTH has put together a virtual collection of articles - & until 10 November they're free!
#JTH
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
Looking forward to today's @uophistory.bsky.social open day!
It's great to be able to share our excellent degree programmes (History; History & Politics; English & History) & talk to guests.
Do come along - & you can see our project exhibition in the Park Building display area!
It's great to be able to share our excellent degree programmes (History; History & Politics; English & History) & talk to guests.
Do come along - & you can see our project exhibition in the Park Building display area!
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Looking forward to today's @uophistory.bsky.social open day!
It's great to be able to share our excellent degree programmes (History; History & Politics; English & History) & talk to guests.
Do come along - & you can see our project exhibition in the Park Building display area!
It's great to be able to share our excellent degree programmes (History; History & Politics; English & History) & talk to guests.
Do come along - & you can see our project exhibition in the Park Building display area!
Pleased to see project research featured in this week's 'Petersfield Post'!
It looks at the life of signalman Arthur Churchill, from time in the LSWR orphanage to his work on the railway & his family.
The best bit is it was co-written with Arthur's son, Gordon! #Railway200
It looks at the life of signalman Arthur Churchill, from time in the LSWR orphanage to his work on the railway & his family.
The best bit is it was co-written with Arthur's son, Gordon! #Railway200
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Pleased to see project research featured in this week's 'Petersfield Post'!
It looks at the life of signalman Arthur Churchill, from time in the LSWR orphanage to his work on the railway & his family.
The best bit is it was co-written with Arthur's son, Gordon! #Railway200
It looks at the life of signalman Arthur Churchill, from time in the LSWR orphanage to his work on the railway & his family.
The best bit is it was co-written with Arthur's son, Gordon! #Railway200
As the T2M annual conference draws to a close, a reminder for those attending - & those not able to make it! - that free access to the Journal of Transport History's #Railway200 article collection is available until Monday 10 November!
#JTH #RailwayHistory
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#JTH #RailwayHistory
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November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
As the T2M annual conference draws to a close, a reminder for those attending - & those not able to make it! - that free access to the Journal of Transport History's #Railway200 article collection is available until Monday 10 November!
#JTH #RailwayHistory
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#JTH #RailwayHistory
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This looks like a great resource for anyone with Irish #TransportHistory interests!
A brilliant archive catalogue for CIÉ, covering the 1830s-1970s, railways & more, with more being added.
Well worth exploring!
#Ireland #RailwayHistory
A brilliant archive catalogue for CIÉ, covering the 1830s-1970s, railways & more, with more being added.
Well worth exploring!
#Ireland #RailwayHistory
Archive Catalogue
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November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This looks like a great resource for anyone with Irish #TransportHistory interests!
A brilliant archive catalogue for CIÉ, covering the 1830s-1970s, railways & more, with more being added.
Well worth exploring!
#Ireland #RailwayHistory
A brilliant archive catalogue for CIÉ, covering the 1830s-1970s, railways & more, with more being added.
Well worth exploring!
#Ireland #RailwayHistory
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I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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I honestly didn't know about this when I posted this about the Tees Transporter Bridge this morning 😱. It was the mist/fog in the shot that made me choose it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I honestly didn't know about this when I posted this about the Tees Transporter Bridge this morning 😱. It was the mist/fog in the shot that made me choose it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
One for #GenHour - a brilliant archive catalogue for CIÉ (Ireland's transport provider), covering the 1830s-1970s, railways & more, with more being added.
Well worth exploring - not least as they've included a specific section for genealogy!
#FamilyHistory #Ireland
Well worth exploring - not least as they've included a specific section for genealogy!
#FamilyHistory #Ireland
Archive Catalogue
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archives.cie.ie
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
One for #GenHour - a brilliant archive catalogue for CIÉ (Ireland's transport provider), covering the 1830s-1970s, railways & more, with more being added.
Well worth exploring - not least as they've included a specific section for genealogy!
#FamilyHistory #Ireland
Well worth exploring - not least as they've included a specific section for genealogy!
#FamilyHistory #Ireland