by Lisa Johnstone | Mar 25, 2021 | People Of The S&DR
It’s easy to get excited about the Stockton & Darlington Railway and forget about the people who were injured or lost their lives along the way. Here’s just a taste of what could go wrong – and did. March 1828 Fireman Mr John Gillespie died on 19 March 1828 when...
by Lisa Johnstone | Mar 25, 2021 | People Of The S&DR
The Mystery Of Mason Brotherton Mason’s story has been brought to our attention by Peter Buckley who also flagged up this story for The Globe (December 2017, 11) – so thank you to him for taking the time to do it. He came across Mason while researching his family...
by Lisa Johnstone | Mar 25, 2021 | People Of The S&DR
John was born at Walbottle and moved aged five to Shildon when his father became Railway Superintendent (resident engineer) of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. As such, he had a front row seat on opening day 27th September 1825. Later John said: ‘I saw it...
by Lisa Johnstone | Mar 25, 2021 | People Of The S&DR
John came from a very famous family – the Dixons of Cockfield in County Durham – the location of Cockfield Fell, with a history dating back to the Iron Age and probably beyond. A key early branch line of the S&DR runs below the Fell – the Haggerleases...
by Lisa Johnstone | Mar 25, 2021 | People Of The S&DR
John Carter & The Saving of Skerne Bridge The most evocative image of the early railways anywhere in the world is, without doubt, John Dobbin’s Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825, depicting the packed processional train, hauled by...
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