It was nice to finally get to see our Rhodesian Railways Carriage now installed at the new Building One at the Science Museum Group National Collections Centre at Wroughton. And the Glasgow Corporation tram car alongside it!

THIS THURSDAY!

The Graduate Recruitment & Placement Fair 2023!

Ravelin Sports Centre, 11am-3pm

Employers, placement options, advice...

Something for History students at all levels - come & see why your degree is so in demand & what you can do with it!

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A ticket inspector with cattitude! 😹

And of course, check in with the excellent Univ. Ports History team members - many still on this platform - about what we can do & how we can help!

Robert James Maria Cannon Mathias Seiter 🇪🇺 Dr Jodi Burkett Brad Beaven Dr Melanie Bassett Karl Bell Dr Fiona Mary McCall David Andress and more!

Thinking about postgrad study?

Find out more about what Portsmouth - including the History team - offers at the Postgrad LIVE event in London:

This Wednesday, 18 Oct, 12.00-15.00.

Loads of info on PhD & Masters study with us!

More info & booking here: findamasters.com/events/postgra…

OTD in 2000 the Hatfield rail crash occured, killing 4 people and injuring more than 70 it exposed serious failings with how Railtrack the privatised owner of Britains Railways was conducting its work.

This crash would be a defining moment in the collpase of Railtrack

Day 17 - Urn #31DaysofGraves We have some magnificent urns at Undercliffe but this one is touching in its simplicity. ‘BILLY’ A token of respect from the B.C.P.T. (Bradford Corporation Passenger Transport).

Fully funded PhD on the 'present & future of reading', deadline 30th October. IES English Association University English bacls Jennifer Richards SHARP (@[email protected]) onlinereaders

Railway staff accidents noted on gravestones are always of interest to us - in this case indebted to Hugh Waterhouse for sharing and Alan Britton PG Dip for making sure we were aware!

Do please send us further examples if you find them! Thanks in advance.

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Hannah Dadds 1st woman #driver on London Tube in 1978. News of appointment leaked & had to stay off work until press conference was arranged for multitude of press who wanted to interview her. Later ran all woman crew with sister Edna b. #OTD 16 Oct 1941 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Da…

If you’re up the scaffold this morning don’t forget hi-viz and a hard hat #postcard J H, 1911. I wonder if it’s survived? No clues on the back.

'In the lead up to Control Period 7 (CP7), April 2024-March 2029, Network Rail has cut more than 500 posts in its Track Renewal Service (TRS), with 269 employees having lost their jobs.'

I don't need to annotate this with further commentary.
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Absolutely on this!

We've a great team Univ. Ports History, and if you've an idea or interest in the history of railways, transport & mobility, and/or the history of risk, safety & accident prevention, please get in touch with me!

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And of course, the History team always welcome approaches from prospective postgraduate students - just get in touch with us!

port.ac.uk/study/courses/…

Thinking about postgrad study?

Why not join us at Portsmouth?

Find out more about what we offer at our next virtual information session - this Thursday, 19 Oct, 4-6.30pm.

Loads of info on PhD & Masters study with us!

More info & booking here:

port.ac.uk/study/open-day…

Should you wish, I could be all over your screens this week.

Wednesday 9pm Channel 5 I'll be talking to Jay Blades about the wonderful chainmakers of Cradley Heath.

Thursday 8pm I'll be giving a free online talk about the history of the General Federation of Trade Unions: wolvestuc.org.uk/next-wbdtuc-me…

Congratulations to Zack White Dr Zack White for winning a The Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship University of Portsmouth Univ. Ports History UoP Humanities and Social Sciences. Good luck with your research, mentored by Brad Beaven, on soldiers & sailors in colonial India tinyurl.com/2zjd8wf8
#PortsmouthUni

Parliament spent over 1300 hours on legislation & scrutiny for HS2.

Yet Parliament played no role in the decision to scrap it, which was announced unilaterally by the PM at party conference.

So what does this mean for Parliament? New Hansard Society blog
hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/hs2-fiasc…

3D printing has come on...🤔👏

Cycling twitter! What are your best value for money bike camera recommendations please? I've had one too many scary close encounters with drivers. Very angry man, drove too fast around a corner on a narrow residential road & then got abusive at me. I'm so tired of being scared.