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Showing posts with label Railway Staff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Railway Staff. Show all posts
Sunday, 29 September 2013

"One broad principal of economy"; One female booking clerk in 1903

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Whenever a railway company decided to employ a woman as a clerk before 1914, the newspapers always described the event as an ‘experiment’ or...
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Sunday, 29 January 2012

"It has long been considered necessary" - The London and South Western Railway Orphanage - Part 1

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In the mid-Victorian period a strong community spirit grew amongst railway workers of all grades, with one of the most community-orientated ...
Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Love, Leisure and Rowing - The Pleasures of a Railway Clerk in Kingston in 1878

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As the last blog post that I wrote on the diary of Sam Fay generated so much interest, I thought I’d just do a general piece about it as it ...
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