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Author Archives: Alison Kay, Assistant Archivist
Boiled AND roasted? Rediscovering an 1870s turkey dinner
Here’s a letter from the Hackworth archive – our collection of papers from the family of Timothy Hackworth, railway engineer and early railway pioneer. The letter, sent to Hackworth’s granddaughter Jane Young by an unknown sender, describes the strange way the … Continue reading
Malt by Export Express: Christmas Drinks Assured!
This article from the 1959 British Railways Eastern Region staff magazine describes how the (then) largest fully mechanised malting plant in Europe used private sidings and British Railways ”Export Express delivery” to transport malt around the world for Christmas. The Export Express … Continue reading
Christmas shopping humour from 1935
Only 20 shopping days until Christmas, so here’s a cartoon from the December 1935 issue of the Great Western Railway (GWR) staff magazine. The GWR and other railway companies operated a door-to-door transport service, which people could use to transport … Continue reading
Can you read this letter? There’s a prize on offer if you can
Below is a letter from the Hackworth family archive. The letter is cross written, a technique that Victorians used to save paper and reduce the cost of postage. The Hackworth archive is full of letters like this, and our team have been … Continue reading
“Get him books not a bicycle!” – Victorian leisure in the Hackworth family archive
I have just started a new project to catalogue the papers of the pioneering northern railway family, the Hackworths. The archive covers in detail the design and manufacture of early locomotives from the time of the Rainhill Trials onwards, and brings to life some fascinating … Continue reading
Beresford’s Combined Folding Lavatory and Writing Desk – Wolverton Works Archive
Take a close look at the drawing below and see what you think… The drawing is part of the Wolverton Works archive, and it was found during a recent session to catalogue engineering drawings that make up the collection. It shows a ’combined folding lavatory … Continue reading
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Royal records from the Wolverton Works archive
As the Royal Wedding draws closer, it’s the ideal time to highlight some royal records from the Wolverton Works collection. The Works manufactured royal trains, including those preserved here at the Museum. (See the previous blog post about the Wolverton … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged archive, diagrams, king, letters, queen, royal trains, royals, wolverton works
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New finds from the NRM archives: Brunel and atmospheric railways
Whilst working on a recent cataloguing project funded by the Business Archives Council, I uncovered some fascinating new information about two key unresearched items in our collection. Reading through the pages of two unidentified diaries titled ‘diary number one’ and … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged atmospheric trains, brunel, diaries, documents, margary, research
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New finds from the Wolverton Works archive
Hi, I’m Alison, Project Archivist at the National Railway Museum. For the next six months, I’m cataloguing the archive of Wolverton Works. Wolverton, located on the outskirts of Milton Keynes, was the London North Western Railway company’s (LNWR) carriage works. The works produced all … Continue reading
Posted in Library and archive collections, Research
Tagged hospital trains, LWNR, royal trains, wolverton works
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