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Robert James
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Robert James
@RobJames68
Historian of C20th leisure, with a special interest in cinema-going and audience taste, follower of Portsmouth FC - seen some ups and downs...Views my own
Portsmouth, UK Katılım Eylül 2013
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Ooh, I'm taking a session in this. Really looking forward to talking about how representations of the Russian Revolution on film reveal how anxious the British state was about the rise of communism
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Interested in History, Politics or International Relations at degree level? Check out the @UoP_History Year 12 taster session - 20 May. Includes: the Russian Revolution in film; Henry VIII's authority, & rethinking difficult pasts! Full info & booking: port.ac.uk/collaborate/sc…
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Still time to come & experience #Portsmouth - especially @UoP_History!
Find out what our excellent History courses offer, from staff (Mathias, Lee & Jodi) & students (Sofia & Izzy).
This Saturday - book here:
port.ac.uk/study/open-day…
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Do head down to #Portsmouth Central Library & the Portsmouth History Centre to check out this exhibition!
On until 25 April!
#Portsmouth100 #Hampshire
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This year #Portsmouth celebrates 100 years of city status! There's plenty going on - not least our 'Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts' exhibition! On at the Portsmouth History Centre, Central Library, Guildhall Walk, until 25 April. #Portsmouth100 @PortsmouthReads
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🚨Limited time! 🚨
Our posters at #Petersfield station about past railway staff are only up for another week or so.
If you've yet to see them, go soon!
In the 'up' (London-bound) waiting room.
More on the Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project here:
railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/portsmouth-are…
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In 2026 #Portsmouth marks 100 years of city status!
Our Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project recognises & remembers the contributions of railway workers to Portsmouth & the area.
#Portsmouth100
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If you're looking to find out more about the Railway Work, Life & Death project, why not read our latest article?
#RailwayHistory #Railway200
Free, from the @sciencemuseum Group Journal:
#abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/collab…
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In case you need a final bit of #Railway200 listening in 2025, why not check our Railway Work, Life & Death project contribution to the Great Rail Tales podcast?
Hear co-lead Mike discuss the project & staff safety on the railway in the past:
railway200.co.uk/podcast/mike-e…
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🚨NEW POSTERS ON DISPLAY! 🚨
Our next Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts #Railway200 posters are now in the up (London-bound) waiting room/ cafe at #Petersfield!
They tell the stories of Arthur Hobbs & Albert Darnell, who worked at Petersfield in the early 1900s.
@railway200
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🚨 NEW ARTICLE!🚨
Delighted to share the latest open access article from the Railway Work, Life & Death project:
'Collaborative working with challenging histories'
In the current issue of the @sciencemuseum Group Journal, it touches on #Railway200!
#abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/collab…
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@railway200 @SW_Help Knowledgeable & friendly team members will be on-hand to bring #Hampshire's #RailwayHistory to life - come & find out about the people who kept our railway running!
#Railway200
It's free to visit Inspiration, but booking is essential (& nearly sold out)! railway200.co.uk/location/south…
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🚨NEW POSTERS ON DISPLAY! 🚨
If you're at #Havant station, check the FINAL of our Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts #Railway200 posters - now in the ticket office!
They tell the life stories of Joseph Simmons & Frank Purdy, who worked at Havant from 1880s-1930s!
@railway200
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Call for Papers| 📢 Special Issue: Future Ocean and Coastal Infrastructures in Atlantic Canada
Submit your research and shape the future of sustainable marine development: ow.ly/6B8P50XBKvf
#OceanScience #CoastalInfrastructure #CallForPapers
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NEW SEMINAR!
'The Station Master’s Railway: Self-Representation & the Moral Life of Infrastructure'
Nirali Joshi (Åbo Akademi University)
20 November 2025, 17.30 UK; hybrid
Part of the @ihr_history Transport & Mobility History seminar series
Book here:
history.ac.uk/news-events/ev…
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Just had the loveliest comment from someone we've been working with:
'When folk like me pass on, the railway history would have been lost had it not been for your delving into the past & being able to make links with the present.'
Wow. That means a lot.
#Railway200 @railway200
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Oh, look!
History in practice ... another design/ tech we've done before, coming back around, here on environmental & economic grounds.
The century-old ship sail technology finally catching on - BBC News share.google/4shumvYj8gUQ6c…
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If you're at today's University of Portsmouth open day, pop in to the exhibition space in Park Building & see our exhibition!
A great example of collaboration at the heart of the @UoP_History team - incl Mike, who co-produced this exhibition!
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And if you're coming to tomorrow's open day (yes, a Sunday!), you get a sneak preview - enjoy! The exhibition is a lovely example of how @UoP_History is engaged with our community. Glad to have got it ready for tomorrow - a bonus for all involved and for our open day guests!
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Nice blog post about our Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts exhibition, on display at the University of Portsmouth from tomorrow!
Pop into Park Building (near the Guildhall), King Henry I St, to see it - open M-Th 9-7 & F 9-6: all welcome!
@UoP_History
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V pleased that Havant Local History Group chair & Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project member, Neil Spurgeon, is giving a talk tonight in Hambledon, about one of 'our' railway workers - Trayton Griffin.
Great to share the research, especially where the Griffin family came from!
OldRailwayAccidents@RWLDproject
And the exhibition is in place & ready to open! Do drop in and see it when you can - brilliant work by all involved: thanks, & congratulations! #Railway200 @railway200
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Still available, still free to access - go for it!
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🚨What's that?🚨 You want FREE access to 17 brilliant #RailwayHistory articles from the Journal of Transport History? All yours! For #Railway200 the JTH has put together a virtual collection of articles, & until 15 October they're free! @railway200 journals.sagepub.com/topic/collecti…
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