Finding Hampshire’s railway workers

When

19 November 2025
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

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Cost (members): 0.00

Cost (non-members): 5.00

Event description: This talk will showcase the Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project – a collaboration which has found out more about the working, family and community lives of railway staff in the south-east Hampshire area. We’ll introduce railways in the area, how the project came about, some of the people we’ve researched, and offer some thoughts on working collaboratively. Reflecting the nature of the project, our talk will be given as a collaboration between three of the group involved. You can find out more about the project, supported by the University of Portsmouth Centre for Excellence in Heritage Innovation, at: https://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/portsmouth-area-railway-pasts/

Speakers:

Alan Roblin worked in Hampshire in the marine industry until retirement. With a huge interest in local history, he is heavily involved with the Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historic Trust as researcher and librarian.
Mike Esbester is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Portsmouth and co-leads the Railway Work, Life & Death project (www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk), from which the Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project developed.
Neil Spurgeon spent 30 years in the Royal Navy, before working in Further and Higher Education. He is Chairman of the Havant Local History Group which meets informally each month at The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre to investigate local history and through which research projects such as Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts are investigated.
The event is free to members of the Hampshire Archives Trust – simply register for the event below by logging in.

 

There is a fee of £5 for non-Hampshire Archives Trust Members who will need to register here – whilst logged in.There is a fee of £2 for non-HAT member Students who will also need to register here – using their personal  School/College/University email address.

 

This event is held online via Zoom.

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