Railway Policewomen

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Bonnie
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Railway Policewomen

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Looking for any information on Scotlands first 4 LNE Railway Policewomen. I came across a couple of newspaper articles and a picture of my Grandmother Isabella Graham. There is a photo and the article says Railway Policewomen--Scotland's first four L.N.E. railway policewomen--Miss M. Mackenzie, a native of Dingwall; Mrs. Smeaton, formerly an Edinburgh tailoress; Mrs. Graham, formerly a librarian in an Edinburgh bookshp; and Miss Robertson, from Caithness---direct a passenger at the Waverly Station. Their duties will take the policewomen to all L.N.E.R. stations in Edinburgh. Any ideas what year this would have been? Any other information on the first policewomen would be very interesting to me.

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What time period was this? World War 2, or earlier?

I don't have any direct help, but you could try contacting Helena Wojtczak.
She has a book and a website here: http://www.railwaywomen.co.uk/

I think there's a good chance she knows about early railway women or can point you in the right direction.


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