IAM a research student working on a project studyingpre-Grouping railway clothing from 1830 to around 1910.This will be due for publication in 2025 by the Railway & Canal Historical Society.
The project is taking an object-based approach through studying surviving garments, examining the choice of fabrics, constructional techniques and methods, use-wear analysis, as well as body composition from measuring key dimensions such as arm length, chest, neck and waist.This will be supported through archival research and examination of contemporary photographs.
To this end, Iam writing to ask whether any readers have as part of their collection any surviving garments (jackets, caps, badges) frompre-Grouping railway companies, and/or photographs of any family members wearing railway uniforms that they would be willing to share details, photographs or scans of. Full credit will, of course, be given.
They can make contact with myself via The Railway Magazine or my facebook page www.facebook.com/ OnHistoricalLines
Anthony Dawson, Stockport