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Welcome to the 'Railway Work, Life & Death' project, on British & Irish railway staff accidents pre-1939. Tweets by Mike Esbester. @RWLDproject.bsky.social
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Joined October 2017
Welcome to the 'Railway Work, Life & Death' project 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.
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RT @RWLDproject: #OnThisDay 1919 Rhymney Railway carriage cleaner Dorothy Force was injured at #Cardiff, #Wales. She stumbled over a rail….
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RT @RWLDproject: 50 days till 27 September & 200 years since the 1st steam-hauled passenger Stockton & Darlington Railway journey!. #Railwa….
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RT @networkrail: 😻 It's #InternationalCatDay!. Who remembers these cats that have featured on our social channels? . #CatDay .
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RT @CommunityRail: Looking for some weekend entertainment? 🎶. @railway200 and @BBCRadio2 have you covered 🙌. Catch up with 21st Century Fol….
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Mark Radcliffe explores the wide range of folk and acoustic music from around the world.
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RT @ASLEFunion: Train drivers will finally have access to toilets at work. This is a huge win for ASLEF members and for dignity at work. #….
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50 days till 27 September & 200 years since the 1st steam-hauled passenger Stockton & Darlington Railway journey!. #Railway200 @sdrfestival @railway200. Ahead of it, the Railway Work, Life & Death project is sharing 200 cases from our database, 1 per day:.
200 for #Railway200 - a new thread!. We're 200 days out from the 200th anniversary of the 1st passenger journey on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, on 27 September 1825. To mark it, we'll post a person a day from the Railway Work, Life & Death project's research. @railway200
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#OnThisDay 1919 Rhymney Railway carriage cleaner Dorothy Force was injured at #Cardiff, #Wales. She stumbled over a rail in the carriage cleaning siding when going to dinner & bruised her knee & arm. She didn't return to work & was treated as having left the Co. #Railway200.
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A week already since the Railway Work, Life & Death project was at @AlstomUK in #Derby for #TheGreatestGathering!. It was an awesome event in its own right, but super good to get our project out in front of so many people! 👏👍😃. #Railway200. 👇.
And we're in . & up!. Ready to go for #GreatestGathering @greatestgather tomorrow!. Come along & find us in the History, Heritage & Preservation area for more on railway work, railway staff & their dangers in the past!. We've loads of #Derby-focused content, too!. #Railway200
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RT @RWLDproject: #OnThisDay 1912 Taff Vale Railway messenger JM Webster was injured at Cathays Traffic Messroom. He tried to jump on the m….
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#OnThisDay 1912 Taff Vale Railway messenger JM Webster was injured at Cathays Traffic Messroom. He tried to jump on the messroom table but slipped & cut his left shin. He was off work for 3 days; his daily pay was 6 shillings. #Railway200.
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RT @RWLDproject: Bonus #OnThisDay!. 6 August 1921: Cambrian Railways apprentice fitter William Tudor, 17, was injured at #Oswestry, #Shrops….
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RT @RWLDproject: #OnThisDay 1914 GWR kitchen maid Jones was injured at #Neath, #Glamorgan, #Wales. Her hand was cut on a bread machine. #….
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For Women's History Month, we look at accidents to women employed by the Great Western Railway in kitchen spaces.
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RT @billy6715: Screen workers at Netherton Colliery, Hall pit near Bedlington, Northumberland c1908. Men & boys with injuries or disabiliti….
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Bonus #OnThisDay!. 6 August 1921: Cambrian Railways apprentice fitter William Tudor, 17, was injured at #Oswestry, #Shropshire, #England. A bolt punched out of metal flew out & hit his nose. He was off for 22 days. He had previously been injured on 17 June 1921. #Railway200.
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#OnThisDay 1914 GWR kitchen maid Jones was injured at #Neath, #Glamorgan, #Wales. Her hand was cut on a bread machine. #Railway200. Read more about railwaywomen kitchen maids: .
railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
For Women's History Month, we look at accidents to women employed by the Great Western Railway in kitchen spaces.
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RT @greatestgather: 📖 Miss The Greatest Gathering or want to relive it? 🚂 .The official show guide is now online!. Log in or register to re….
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Not too much from the Railway Work, Life & Death project at the moment - gone on holiday!
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RT @ChrisCo49821424: Sadly I can’t make it too this event, but it’s nice to see my great uncle Sidney being featured
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RT @TurnipRail: An image and a plan of "The Flying Scotsman's" cocktail bar on its introduction in 1932. The Nottingham Journal stated that….
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RT @ByJingo: @MrTimDunn Hi Tim. Have you seen the exhibition on the development of railways in Scotland held at @NatRecordsScot in Edinburg….
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