East Coast Main Line Disasters
Adrian Gray
- Regions:
- Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, East Midlands, Yorkshire & Humber
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Historian
- Fee:
- Paid: Minimum £60, plus £1 a had if more than 50 attending
- Category:
- Travel
- Updated:
- 10th January 2023
This illustrated and entertaining talk looks at the history of the railway between King's Cross and Edinburgh with a focus on how safety has been improved following accidents over the years. The talk covers the full geographical range and describes a mix of accidents from the 1850s to the early 2000s.
There are many fascinating pictures and descriptions from contemporary accounts. Adrian Gray is an expert railway historian and the author of the book 'East Coast Main Line Disasters.'
Views: 1442 | Enquiries: 7About Adrian Gray
I am a Cambridge-educated historian with around 30 published books on a variety of historical topics which you can see on my Amazon author page at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adrian-Gray/e/B0034P9K2M/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1529568674&sr=1-1
I specialise in the counties of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, but I also speak on a number of national issues such as Victorian crime and social history, the history of religious freedom, and the history of education and government inspection (which is a lot more interesting than it sounds!). I am one of the leaders of local community efforts to develop Christian heritage for tourism in Notts and Lincs, hosting coach tours from the USA and also very popular local history walks. I am fascinated by human stories so also do several talks to do with rebellious or scandalous people!
I provide a range of lively and fully-illustrated talks that can be tailored for local needs. You can email me for a full list of talks. I am a skilled presenter having worked as a teacher for many years and also as a tour guide in my home area.
How do you know I am any good? Well, I have a high level of repeat-invitations and can give some examples if you feel you need them.
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Adrian Gray
- Freedom of Belief: A Gift to the World from Lincs and Notts
- Mayflower Pilgrims: Why did Their Leaders All come from Notts and Lincs?
- The Price of Freedom: Nottinghamshire's Thomas Helwys
- The Top Ten Scandals from Sherwood Forest
- America's Christian Heritage
- Tales from Darkest Lincolnshire
- The Wrays of Glentworth: Radical Gentry in Tudor England
- The 'Black Prince' of Scunthorpe
- Thomas Cooper of Gainsborough and Lincoln - Radical, Chartist, Poet, Preacher
- The Christian Heritage of Nottinghamshire
- The Christian Heritage of Lincolnshire
- Dangerous Women of Lincolnshire
- Lincolnshire’s Troublemakers – Hutchinson, Wheelwright and Sir Henry Vane
- Worksop, Witches and a Place in American History: the Life of Richard Bernard
- Love and Cannibals - a Victorian Widow's Journey to the Jungle
- The Capricious River Trent
- The Historical Landscape of Bassetlaw-North Nottinghamshire
- Mayflower Chaos: How the Story of what happened has been used and abused
- Scandals of the Lincolnshire Gentry
- Historical Highlights of the West Lindsey Landscape
- Kyrgyzstan - Mountains and Nomads
- By Train through the Andes
- Tudor Lincolnshire's Greatest Woman: Catherine Willoughby of Grimsthorpe
- The Historic Landscape of Newark and Sherwood
- Changing Life in Lincolnshire 1940-1980
- The Amazing Heritage Railways of Colorado
- Romance and Disaster – the Unfortunate Marriages of the Sherwood Aristocracy
- Strange Tales of the Lincolnshire Clergy
- The Hill Railways of India
- More Scandals of the Lincolnshire Gentry
Send a message to the speaker
If you are interested in this talk and wish to contact the speaker, please complete the following form: