Jan 25, 20233 min1901: Paris could be four hours by trainFuture of railway travelling We shall fight them tooth and nail, so Mr William Forbes is reported to have told an interviewer who met him...
Jan 15, 20232 min1839: Inquests into deaths of London to Brighton Railway WorkersSussex Advertiser - Monday 17 June 1839 CUCKFIELD. Fatal Accident. —An inquest was held at the Half Moon Inn, Balcombe, on Wednesday...
Jan 12, 20232 minStage-coaches for falling in love - not railWriting in in the mid 1850s, Samuel Shergold, observed that coach travellers were more likely to find love on a stage coach rather than...
Dec 20, 20221 min1840: Fatal viaduct fall of young railway workerSussex Advertiser - Monday 15 June 1840 CUCKFIELD. Fatal Accident.—An inquest was held on Saturday last, the 13th instant, before F. H....