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Turnip Rail: From nothing to everything: the development of the career railway worker
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This site is only being updated in part now. Existing full posts will still remain, but for new blogs and more information on me, please see my new website HERE. Tuesday, 15 July 2014. From nothing to everything: the development of the career railway worker. It has been proclaimed in many places, at many times that before 1914 a job on the railway was a job for life. Other railways did the same around this time; the LSWR brought in some rules around 1843;. For the rest of the staff – known as the &...
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Turnip Rail: Don't Confuse Your Bradshaws
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This site is only being updated in part now. Existing full posts will still remain, but for new blogs and more information on me, please see my new website HERE. Thursday, 13 November 2014. Don't Confuse Your Bradshaws. One of the questions I frequently get asked as a railway historian is “do you ever watch the Michael Portillo show? You know, the one where he goes around with a Bradshaw’s Guide? To read the rest of my post, please visit my new site HERE. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Simple templa...
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Turnip Rail: July 2014
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This site is only being updated in part now. Existing full posts will still remain, but for new blogs and more information on me, please see my new website HERE. Tuesday, 15 July 2014. From nothing to everything: the development of the career railway worker. It has been proclaimed in many places, at many times that before 1914 a job on the railway was a job for life. Other railways did the same around this time; the LSWR brought in some rules around 1843;. For the rest of the staff – known as the &...
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Turnip Rail: January 2013
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This site is only being updated in part now. Existing full posts will still remain, but for new blogs and more information on me, please see my new website HERE. Monday, 14 January 2013. For ticket holders and dignitaries only - why I felt cheated by "Steam on the Underground". Enthusiasts at Earl's Court. I probably got one of the best views - still dreadful though. No way to see much, if any of the steam train. The steam train was only at Moorgate for about an hour and half. Would it have been so h...
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Turnip Rail: September 2013
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This site is only being updated in part now. Existing full posts will still remain, but for new blogs and more information on me, please see my new website HERE. Sunday, 29 September 2013. One broad principal of economy"; One female booking clerk in 1903. Reported that ‘the female booking clerk is no new thing in Glasgow; there have been girl booking clerks in the West of Scotland for ten years.’[3] The Evening Post. Itself acknowledged how the Caledonian’s new policy was not unique, ‘In the ...In fact, ...
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Turnip Rail: June 2013
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This site is only being updated in part now. Existing full posts will still remain, but for new blogs and more information on me, please see my new website HERE. Tuesday, 4 June 2013. Note on the Dugald Drummond post. In due course I will write a post on what I actually think of Dugald Drummond. London and South Western Railway. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. On this site you will not find anything that can be called 'enthusiast material.' After all, that is more than ...
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Turnip Rail: October 2013
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This site is only being updated in part now. Existing full posts will still remain, but for new blogs and more information on me, please see my new website HERE. Thursday, 10 October 2013. Working City to City: The LNWR's on-train typist service of 1910. The typist's compartment on the "City-to-City". The first letter from the "City-to-City" express. Was the dictation interrupted…I had no difficulty whatever in using the typewriter, and all my clients appeared to be highly satisfied. The experi...From Se...
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Turnip Rail: Railways and 'the beautiful game' before 1914: football, fans and formalisation
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This site is only being updated in part now. Existing full posts will still remain, but for new blogs and more information on me, please see my new website HERE. Saturday, 18 January 2014. Railways and 'the beautiful game' before 1914: football, fans and formalisation. Were the railways a key factor because of the improved transportation they provided, or did other, non-railway factors play a role, for example urbanisation or increasing incomes and leisure time amongst working class individuals? Years la...
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Turnip Rail: Britain’s first railway? Business and Beaumont
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This site is only being updated in part now. Existing full posts will still remain, but for new blogs and more information on me, please see my new website HERE. Saturday, 17 January 2015. Britain’s first railway? To read the rest of my post, please visit my new site HERE. 22 January 2015 at 18:43. Thanks for a wonderful share. Your article has proved your hard work and experience you have got in this field. Brilliant .i love it reading. Http:/ www.marctouati.eu. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Simpl...
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Turnip Rail: December 2013
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This site is only being updated in part now. Existing full posts will still remain, but for new blogs and more information on me, please see my new website HERE. Monday, 23 December 2013. When Victorian railways conspired against Christmas. Competition between companies also existed on the routes between Nottingham and Leeds, Liverpool and Hull, and Edinburgh and Glasgow, as well as between other major cities. Personally, I have always doubted the extent to which competitive trains services actually erod...
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