Excellent to see the final run in this year's @ihr.bsky.social Transport & Mobility History seminar series are up & available for booking - some great topics here!
#TransportHistory
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Pleasure - glad to do it! I think people will be interested - certainly looking forward to it.
Anything where there's an intersection of #DisHist & #TransportHistory & we're in!
This looks like an interesting talk, convened by @ukdishisthub.bsky.social:
Weds 25 Feb, 5pm UK, Zoom
Emma Koprena, discussing @transportforall.org.uk's archive
Contact via social media or email (ukdishistheritagehub [at] gmail [dot] com) for the link!
#DisHist #TransportHistory
🌍 Contested Skies: Rethinking Aviation and State Power 🌐
Discover how Global South nations claimed the skies in our new intro by Marie Huber & Waqar H. Zaidi:
Read now here: www.sagepub.com/explore-our-...
#AviationHistory #GlobalSouth #TransportHistory #Decolonization #JTH
Paris CPA the Omnibus means of transport has 3 horses (general Co) (motor vehicle Menilmontant Gare Montparnasse
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#vintagepostcard #historictransport #omnibus #earlycars #horsedrawncarriage #paris #garemontparnasse #menilmontant #transporthistory
Steve has recommended three websites for anyone seeking info on railway accidents in, or affecting people from, their #OnePlaceStudies:
✦ Railway Archives
✦ Railway Work, Life & Death Project – @rwldproject.bsky.social
✦ Railway Fatal Accidents – Steve’s own website
#OPSConf25
This Saturday! We’re looking forward to welcoming members aboard for our 2025 #OnePlaceStudies conference and AGM, and transporting you to the past to find out how the people of our Places got around. No ticket necessary, just the Zoom link which was emailed to members on Sunday.
THIS WEEK!
The next in the @ihr.bsky.social Transport & Mobility History seminar series - Thursday 20 November, 5.30pm.
Still time to register to attend (online or in person) - follow the link below!
#Railway200 #TransportHistory #RailwayHistory
Народження мотоцикла.
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#мотоцикл #винахід #ҐоттлібДаймлер #історіятранспорту #г1885
#motorcycle #invention #GottliebDaimler #transporthistory #y1885
#ICYMI
The next in the @ihr.bsky.social Transport & Mobility History seminar series - Thursday 20 November, 5.30pm.
Free to attend (online or in person) - follow the link below to register!
#Railway200 #TransportHistory #RailwayHistory
This looks like a great resource for anyone with Irish #TransportHistory interests!
A brilliant archive catalogue for CIÉ, covering the 1830s-1970s, railways & more, with more being added.
Well worth exploring!
#Ireland #RailwayHistory
Ancient Roman Roads Mapped in Detail from Great Britain to North Africa #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #AncientRoads #TransportHistory #RomanEmpire
2025 Conference and AGM. Conference Talks and Speakers: All drawn by horses — Ian Waller. Railway accidents – staff and beyond — Steve Pickthall. Coastal Travel — BJ Jamieson. Boat people — Celia Webber. All aboard for a new life — Maggie Gaffney. Saturday 22 November 2025, 14:00 to 21:30 GMT, via Zoom. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
Our 2025 #OnePlaceStudies Conference and AGM is just two and a half weeks away! Don’t miss out on this excellent event – for just £10 you can join us as a member, join in with this and our monthly webinars, and enjoy our other membership benefits! #OnePlaceWednesday
As the annual T2M conference starts in Eindhoven, the Journal of Transport History has made its #Railway200 virtual collection freely available.
17 key articles for #TransportHistory #MobilityHistory #RailwayHistory, free, until 10 November:
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2025 Conference and AGM. Conference Talks and Speakers: All drawn by horses — Ian Waller. Railway accidents – staff and beyond — Steve Pickthall. Coastal Travel — BJ Jamieson. Boat people — Celia Webber. All aboard for a new life — Maggie Gaffney. Saturday 22 November 2025, 14:00 to 21:30 GMT, via Zoom. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
Having missed the #OnePlaceWednesday tag in that last post, and having mentioned our AGM & #OnePlaceStudies conference next month, let’s add a reminder of the conference! The theme this year is transport, and we have a packed programme with superb speakers. See our Events web page for full details.
Just 2 days to go on this - time to get reading!
#Railway200 #RailwayHistory #TransportHistory #MobilityHistory
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Industrial history, #MilitaryHistory, Medical History, #LocalHistory (including Local History Day on Saturday October 18th), #TransportHistory and more, at the inaugural #Dudley History Festival...
The @jtransporthist.bsky.social #Railway200 collection is open access until 15 October, so there's still time left to read this great articles - free!
#RailwayHistory #MobilityHistory #TransportHistory
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Weekend bump!
#Railway200 #RailwayHistory #TransportHistory #MobilityHistory
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🚨 DEADLINE - TOMORROW! 🚨
The 2025 John Scholes Prize
For the best paper based on original research into any aspect of #TransportHistory or #MobilityHistory.
Serious prizes & kudos await - yours for the taking!
More here:
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The development of railways in the nineteenth century impacted many of our members’ #OnePlaceStudy places, in a variety of ways. Take Martin White’s Oxenholme One-Place Study for example: #Oxenholme was just a farm, population 13, in 1841. Then the railway came, along with a station... #Railway200
From our blog archive: T is for Timetables, or perhaps more accurately, T is for Timetables Past. Steve Pickthall provides a quick guide to tracking down timetables for travel services that people in some of our #OnePlaceStudies might have used, including stagecoaches, buses, and of course – trains!
🚨 ONE WEEK TO GO! 🚨
The 2025 John Scholes Prize
For the best paper based on original research into any aspect of #TransportHistory or #MobilityHistory.
Serious prizes & kudos await - yours for the taking!
Deadline 30 September 2025 - more here:
Sir Nigel Gresley back home at Heaton Sheds
Deltic at Heaton Sheds
225 at Heaton Sheds
Happy 150th birthday Heaton Train Sheds! Thanks to Northern Trains for organising a nosy around the traincare centre. Was great to see various generations of ECML HSTs on display!
#railway200 #heaton #newcastle #railway #northern #transporthistory #gresley #deltic #hst #highspeedtrain #highspeedrail
🚨 CLOSING SOON! 🚨
The 2025 John Scholes Prize!
For the best paper based on original research into any aspect of #TransportHistory or #MobilityHistory.
Serious prizes & kudos await - yours for the taking!
Deadline 30 September 2025 - more here:
journals.sagepub.com/page/jth/joh...
#ICYMI - this came out this week!
#Railway200 #RailwayHistory #TransportHistory #MobilityHistory
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The full programme for our #OnePlaceStudies Conference and AGM on November 22nd, with timings for the conference talks, breaks, Zoom chats, and of course the AGM, is now available on the Events🔗 page of our website. A cracking conference, included in our subscription of just £10 ! #OnePlaceWednesday
2025 Conference and AGM. Conference Talks and Speakers: All drawn by horses — Ian Waller. Railway accidents – staff and beyond — Steve Pickthall. Coastal Travel — BJ Jamieson. Boat people — Celia Webber. All aboard for a new life — Maggie Gaffney. Saturday 22 November 2025, 14:00 to 21:30 GMT, via Zoom. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
We’re really looking forward to our #OnePlaceStudies Conference and AGM in November! The conference theme this year is transport, and we have some great talks by brilliant speakers lined up. Free for Society members – why not join up🔗 and join in with this excellent event! #OnePlaceWednesday
Interesting little #TransportHistory piece, bringing together #RailwayHistory with other modes, including the role of road transport competition in ending rail services!
#Railway200
Why the Channel Islands abandoned rail travel - BBC News share.google/APH4XHMd7uvw...
