Susan Major

@suemajor.bsky.social

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Railway historian, living in York UK. https://susanmajorhistory.wordpress.com. Working class railway excursions mid-19c Britain, inc women's leisure mobility. Women railway workers WWII. FellowRHS. Local history for www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk

Poster for talk at Waterstones on 25 March
Book cover Female Railway Workers in World War II
Drummond Place, Edinburgh
Jon Kenny talking about DNA and archaeology
Xhaka Sunderland AFC
York Festival Concert Hall
Leisure boats near Lendal Bridge in York, with one hauled up onto the slipway.
Susan Major in a signal box at Ramsbottom, on the East Lancashire Railway, talking about early excursion trains.
Scoria bricks in the back alleys of York
Sunderland celebration
Boats on the Ouse at Lendal Bridge in York today.
Tap label for Saint Monday at the Slip, York
Camera crew and Si King at York Station
The old York railway station, pictured in 1861.
Covers of current Which? Magazines.
Flooring in Tower Gardens, York.
View along York Walls past Baille Hill today, in the mist.
Image of Cromwell and Henry VIII
Map of End to End route 2000
Scoria bricks in Vine St York
Early Victorian Railway Excursions book cover
Susan Major a long time ago!
Old back alley in York
Double hexagon scoria brick
Millennium Bridge
Scoria brick examples in York
Local history book covers
Female Railway Workers in World War II book cover (2018)
Early Victorian Railway Excursions book cover 2015
Traffic sign outside cafe
Ad for Phonotas
Cover of Japanese book on Early Victorian Railway Excursions
Asters in front garden
Another pavement obstruction
Pavement obstruction sign
Scoria bricks in York
Steve, Serena and Martin
Bishopgate St York facing north
Talk title with illustrations of crowded Victorian excursions