Monthly Archives: April 2012

The Life and Career of Percy Wilson

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

This is one of a series of blog posts we’ll be bringing you in the run-up to our huge 9-day Railfest 2012 festival in June 2012. More blog posts about Railfest 2012 While doing research for Railfest 2012, I have … Continue reading →

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A petition to let railway staff grow moustaches

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

One of the nicest things about working in Search Engine is coming across fascinating items in the archives that I didn’t know about. Quite often I happen upon some wonderful items while I’m retrieving material for a researcher, or just searching the museum’s inventory in order to … Continue reading →

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Summer poster exhibition – the rejects!

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

I’m currently working on a poster exhibition for the summer entitled Hints for Holidays, all about seaside holidays. It’s a really difficult job to select only 40 or 50 posters from the 11,000+ in the collection, so I thought I’d pick out a few … Continue reading →

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