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Saturday, 26 February 2011

Football Amongst Railway Workers on the GCR (1905-06, 06-07 seasons)

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Sports were one of things that socially drew together late 19 th and early 20 th century railway workers. However, in the late 19 th cent...
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Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Selling at Stations - The first W.H. Smith Station Bookstalls

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Usually, before our train journeys we feel the urge to have something to read while being conveyed to our destination. We go in to the shop ...
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Sunday, 20 February 2011

"A Typical Hotspur Crowd" - The Great Eastern Railway's Football Arrangements - 1912

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In my work on the London and South Western Railway I frequently come across references to how it managed the movement of thousands of passen...
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Thursday, 17 February 2011

Colour, Safety and the State - Colour-Blindness and the Victorian Railways

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Much focus in the historical railway literature has been placed on the role that the state played in imposing safety measures on the Victori...
Monday, 14 February 2011

One Year of Blogging - What I have learnt so far

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This, would you believe it, is my first anniversary Blog post. Over the past year I have touched on topics as diverse as religion in railway...
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Friday, 11 February 2011

Public Opinion and Railway Managers - A Victorian Case Study

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In my work on the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) I am acutely aware of the fact that after 1870 the railway company’s business...
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Tuesday, 8 February 2011

Ministering to Navvies - Railways, Religion and Combating the Labourer's 'evils'

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I have talked in the past about looking at the relationship between religion and the railways, as the way that religion interacts with socie...
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