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Offline sootyjunior

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railway employees
« on: Sunday 07 November 10 10:03 GMT (UK) »
Where can I find records of people who were employed by NER in Gateshead between 1860 and 1960?
Sutcliffe, Pudsey, Fulneck, Gateshead, Sunderland
Damms, Norfolk, Sunderland
Fenwick, Gateshead, Whickham Co Durham
Naylor, Gateshead
James, Brixham
Briggs, Barking, Hull
Horrocks, Hull
Holmes and Carmichael, Hull

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Re: railway employees
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 07 November 10 10:10 GMT (UK) »
The National Railway museum at York ,go to there web site it has lots of information of how to search for Railway employees,It would be a great starting point ,they also have a forum,
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Re: railway employees
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 07 November 10 10:51 GMT (UK) »
I've added the York Railway Musuem link to this topic:

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Re: railway employees
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 07 November 10 13:33 GMT (UK) »
The Darlington Railway Museum were also very helpfull when I wanted to find information about a NER employee.

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Re: railway employees
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 07 November 10 13:40 GMT (UK) »
After 1923 when it became part of the LNER all ex NER employees had the option to join the GNR Friendly Society.As there was no sick pay at that time, virtually all joined. The records survive at Doncaster Borough Archive, King Edward Road, Balby Doncaster.
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