As Remembrance Sunday approaches, Senior Library and Archive Assistant Peter Thorpe highlights how railway companies commemorated fallen railway workers from the First World War.
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Senior Library and Archive Assistant Peter Thorpe explains our library classification system, adapted from a design created originally be George Ottley.
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Archive volunteer Robert Demaine delves into the story of S&DR Traffic Superintendent John Graham.
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Peter Thorpe explains our approach to collecting and why we must often say ‘no’.
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Martyn Halman tells an intriguing story sparked by a recently unearthed drawing on tracing paper.
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Railway historian Anthony Dawson shares the story of Charles Beyer of Manchester’s Beyer, Peacock & Co.
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Curator Thomas Spain explores some of the legal wranglings that paved the way for the creation of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.
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Tania Parker shares an update on her efforts cataloguing an intriguing archive that documents the birth of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.
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Sophie Vohra provides an update on this project, which now includes an exhibition in Search Engine until 25 March 2023.
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Karen and Tania explore accidents with railway workers as we enter Disability History Month.
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