When I was a kid, my mom showed me a couple of vague lines on the last couple of pages of one of his books that she said are for his daughter but, he didn't want anyone to know. I always wondered if that story was true🤔
I believe that a member of his family has written a book about the train crash recently because I saw a book about it in the gift shop at the Didcot railway centre
Great video! This accident was covered in a documentary that I believe aired back in 2000. The reasoning they gave for the rail worker not going far enough with the flag was that the common practice of measuring that distance was to count telegraph poles and on that line, the the telegraph poles were closer together than on other lines.
Thank you very much for this: really interesting - and sad for those people killed or injured, and their relatives. If only everything had been done properly, perhaps it wouldn't have happened. I hope the railways learnt some lessons and thereby avoided at least some accidents. More interesting history like this please!
Excellent and thoughtful commentary on how Dickens' story shines a window on the untold stories of countless accident survivors (and potentially many people who have near death experiences, which makes me wonder what the public consensus of silence and "getting back to normal" from the covid pandemic does to the millions who haven't yet recovered.) i learned about this accident years ago but hadn't heard the more plausible suggestion that Nelly is his daughter. By coincidence, I watched a Lusitania video yesterday - I think it was one of OceanlinerDesign's old videos - that mentioned Dickens' original copy of The Christmas Carol with his handwritten notes in the margins was lost in that sinking, although its then-current owner tried to save it in a briefcase along with himself.
Such a relevant point comparing the hidden trauma to people suffering post covid! Love Oceanliner Designs videos so I’ll have to check that one out! Thanks for watching! 🙌😁
I've heard it said the accident played on his mind, and he avoided trains as much as possible. Preferring slow trains if he had to use them. Sadly, I suspect the long-term effect deprived us of the ending of his last work. Really enjoyed your video.
Tom, thank you for this very well made, and deeply thought provoking piece. That people were just as human 150 years ago is often overlooked, probably due to the stolid and staunch images Victorian society presented. Thank you also for remembering the 10 who died in that muddy river. What else might we have on our bookshelves today, had this never happened? Ripples in a pond... And for my own opinion, I agree with your thoughts. Nelly had to be CD's daughter, otherwise it just gets too weird.
Thank you so much for watching and the wonderful response 👍 I think it’s so important to remember and so easily forgotten that people have always just been people, with the same needs and feelings…we just don’t have quite the same window into the past that future generations will have for us!
What do you think Nelly's true relationship was with Dickens? Let me know in the comments! Thanks for watching 😁👍
When I was a kid, my mom showed me a couple of vague lines on the last couple of pages of one of his books that she said are for his daughter but, he didn't want anyone to know. I always wondered if that story was true🤔
I believe that a member of his family has written a book about the train crash recently because I saw a book about it in the gift shop at the Didcot railway centre
Thank you for being so sensitive and respectful of those involved.
Always important to remember the victims 🙌 thanks for watching!
Great video! This accident was covered in a documentary that I believe aired back in 2000. The reasoning they gave for the rail worker not going far enough with the flag was that the common practice of measuring that distance was to count telegraph poles and on that line, the the telegraph poles were closer together than on other lines.
That’s fascinating! Hadn’t seen that piece of information anywhere! Thanks for watching 😁👍
Brilliant story. Well documented. Held my attention throughout.
Thanks for the support!
Thank you very much for this: really interesting - and sad for those people killed or injured, and their relatives. If only everything had been done properly, perhaps it wouldn't have happened. I hope the railways learnt some lessons and thereby avoided at least some accidents. More interesting history like this please!
Thanks for watching! I’m so glad you found it interesting. Currently working on the next story so ‘watch this space’ 😁👍
Excellent and thoughtful commentary on how Dickens' story shines a window on the untold stories of countless accident survivors (and potentially many people who have near death experiences, which makes me wonder what the public consensus of silence and "getting back to normal" from the covid pandemic does to the millions who haven't yet recovered.)
i learned about this accident years ago but hadn't heard the more plausible suggestion that Nelly is his daughter.
By coincidence, I watched a Lusitania video yesterday - I think it was one of OceanlinerDesign's old videos - that mentioned Dickens' original copy of The Christmas Carol with his handwritten notes in the margins was lost in that sinking, although its then-current owner tried to save it in a briefcase along with himself.
Such a relevant point comparing the hidden trauma to people suffering post covid!
Love Oceanliner Designs videos so I’ll have to check that one out!
Thanks for watching! 🙌😁
I've heard it said the accident played on his mind, and he avoided trains as much as possible.
Preferring slow trains if he had to use them.
Sadly, I suspect the long-term effect deprived us of the ending of his last work.
Really enjoyed your video.
Yes, it definitely had a huge impact on his last few years 🙁 thanks for watching!
Very interesting and sensitively executed. Fascinating!
@@JulieMackey-n5m thanks for watching!
Tom, thank you for this very well made, and deeply thought provoking piece. That people were just as human 150 years ago is often overlooked, probably due to the stolid and staunch images Victorian society presented.
Thank you also for remembering the 10 who died in that muddy river.
What else might we have on our bookshelves today, had this never happened? Ripples in a pond...
And for my own opinion, I agree with your thoughts. Nelly had to be CD's daughter, otherwise it just gets too weird.
Thank you so much for watching and the wonderful response 👍 I think it’s so important to remember and so easily forgotten that people have always just been people, with the same needs and feelings…we just don’t have quite the same window into the past that future generations will have for us!
I understand that a train needs about a mile to stop safely
Yup! Can be anything from a few hundred feet to over a mile depending on the train!
I worked there for. Br. Rail. Small. River. Under. Track. !
i used to drive postal trains at 2am in the morning in the late 90s over that bridge and knew nothing about it
Yup, not a clue either!
@@TomMacklaw I heard about Dicken's train crash in school in the 2000s
Well put together. Ps.. you can access it via Kayak from Headcorn.
Not sure my kayaking skills are worth risking my camera…😂 thanks for watching 👍
I. Think. Nelly. Was in awe. Of him Dickens. Mother. Was chaperon as was. The done thing. Victorian age
Quite possibly!