Item
Photocopy of item ZSPC 11/383/10/4.
Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/383/12
Photocopy of item ZSPC 11/383/10/4.
Item
Envelope, containing 6 newspaper cuttings [concerning railway accidents and mishaps][items...
Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/687/75
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This record is about the Envelope, containing 6 newspaper cuttings [concerning railway accidents and mishaps][items... dating from 1958 July 5 - [1960 Sept] in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- ZSPC 11/687/75
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1958 July 5 - [1960 Sept]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Envelope, containing 6 newspaper cuttings [concerning railway accidents and mishaps][items originally housed in ZSPC11/687/70]:
1) manuscript notation on reverse '[Daily] Mirror, 5 [July] 1958', monochrome photographic illustration, wide angle view, 'crash of Maze Hill' [Greenwich, 4 July 1958].
2) unidentified, undated publication [1958], 'Human Element blamed in two Rail Disasters', [summary of inquiry reports of rail accidents at Lewisham, 4 December 1957, and Dagenham, 30 January 1958].
3) 'Daily Express', undated [2 May 1959], monochrome photographic illustration 'Ticket collector Bill Coldrick runs to give a warning - and Express reader Dennis Archer secures this picture' [accident at Slough to 'Pembroke Coast Express' 1 May 1959].
4) 'Daily Mail', manuscript dated on reverse '24 [December 1959]', 'Mother pulls the cord and stops 21 trains', [report on halting of main line from London Paddington, following emergency cord application by woman helping friends with luggage].
5) manuscript notation 'Daily Mail, 24 [December] 1959', 'The old ganger says: I'm, blameless', [interview with railway track ganger involved in Slough accident 1 May 1959].
6) unidentified, undated publication [c September 1960], monochrome photographic illustration, [aerial view of location of Patcham train robbery].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Non record material
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- Open Immediately
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16474207/
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ZSPC 11
W E Hayward Collection
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Within the piece: ZSPC 11/687
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Envelope, containing 6 newspaper cuttings [concerning railway accidents and mishaps][items...
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