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Lickey Rail Group

Welcome to lickeyrailgroup.org - Dedicated volunteers are researching the history of railway workers lives and the associated impact on their families of accidents that occurred on Britain's railways.

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Can you share somebody’s story?

Can you share somebody’s story?

Can you share somebody’s story?

Perhaps you have a railway ancestor and can shed light on the individual involved, and what became of them and their family?  

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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

JOHN WILLIAM 'JACK' WILSON  added 3/12/2023

GEORGE EDWARD DOUGLAS 1882 -1936 added 22/12/2023

JOHN ORTON MALLABON 1867 - 1947 added 04/01/2024

THOMAS HARVEY  TURVEY 1883 - 1929 added 07/01/2024

HENRY PARRY (Timekeeper) 1826 - 1847 added 25/01/2024

THOMAS TRUMAN (Shunter) 1900-1952 added 06/02/2024

ARTHUR KIMBERLEY (Foreman  Painter) 1892-1952.pdf added 09/02/2024

WILLIAM KIMBERLEY (Wagon repairer) 1880 - 1943.pdf added 14/02/2024

LANCE CPL. J 'JACK' KINGS (Storekeeper) 1874 - 1915.pdf added 24/02/2024

HARVEY LAINCHBURY (Wagon Repairer) 1886 - 1920. pdf added 03/01/2025

DONALD A HILL-EADES (Labourer) 1909 - 1989. pdf added 05/01/2025

Albert Wanklin DCM (Wagon Repairer) 1882 - 1918.pdf added20/01/2025



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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Lickey Rail Group would like to acknowledge the help and contribution of :


THE RAILWAY WORK LIFE & DEATH PROJECT:   www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk

LIFE ON THE LICKEY:   www.lifeonthelickey.com

THE BROMSGROVE SOCIETY:  www.bsoc.co.uk


About Us

Early in 2023 some local rail enthusiasts attended a talk about the work of the Railway Work Life and Death Project. That led to the formation of the Lickey Rail Group – named after the Lickey Incline.


    Bromsgrove was once a significant railway location, partly because of the Lickey Incline – a two-mile climb toward Birmingham with a gradient 1 in 37. After the line opened in 1840 a depot grew around the new station, with sidings, engine sheds, wagon works and a community of railway workers.

Between the mainline railway operation and the workshops, work at Bromsgrove posed many dangers for rail employees.


The objective of the group is to research the cases from the RWLD project database, and other sources, to build a picture of the lives of the individuals working on our railways and the impact on our social history.


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