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The British merchant service was renamed the Merchant Navy after World War 1 to mark the vital role its sailors played in wartime. That role continued in World War 2 as merchant ships carried troops a

The Railway Work, Life & Death project (RWLD; railwayaccidents.port. ac.uk) has added 69,000 records of railway staff accidents to its database. The records date from 1855–1929 and are taken from arch

Dear Simon, The history of Pitman shorthand told by Angeline Wilcox in the July edition of Best of British (Write on Time) evoked so many memories. I was amazed to learn that Isaac Pitman actually cre

ITVX Now streaming Since 2011, ITV’s popular family history series Long Lost Family has followed the moving stories of ordinary people as they try to solve family mysteries and trace their relatives,

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