he ‘Railway Work, Life and Death’ project would like to hear from current workers in). The project is transcribing records of accidents affecting British and Irish railway workers from the later 19th century to the start of the Second World War. It recently added a collection of about 25,000 records of compensation that the RMT’s predecessor unions paid to railway workers injured at work, or the families of those killed. In a blog post, Mike Esbester, senior lecturer in history at the University of Portsmouth and the project’s co-lead, said, “It would be wonderful to find those connections between past and present.” To get in touch, please email or leave a comment at .
