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« on: November 08, 2024, 13:01:42 »

The Beeching report in Great Britain was followed by the Benson report in Northern Ireland.

And whilst I can find online copies of the Beeching report, I've drawn a blank looking for a copy of the Benson report - I can find only references and not the report itself.

Can anyone help me?  A URL or even a paper copy I can scan?
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« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2024, 14:08:31 »

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Benson,_Baron_Benson
Might this be of help?.
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« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2024, 14:31:38 »


Only somewhat - there are a number of references around but none of them has yet lead me to the actual report - just a summary of the headlines and outcomes.
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« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2024, 19:30:13 »

I, too, have trawled the internet, but couldn't find a copy of the full Benson report.

The nearest I could find is the website of the Irish Railway Record Society, at https://irrs.ie/library/ , but I suspect you'd have to pay for a copy.  Roll Eyes

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« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2024, 19:39:47 »

I, too, have trawled the internet, but couldn't find a copy of the full Benson report.

The nearest I could find is the website of the Irish Railway Record Society, at https://irrs.ie/library/ , but I suspect you'd have to pay for a copy.  Roll Eyes



Maybe.  Next time I'm in Dublin on a Tuesday evening ...
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In fact I wish I had known about this prior to 2018 because I spend an awful lot of time around the Dublin area for work and evenings were - well, the library would have been more exciting.
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« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2024, 20:29:22 »

That organisation do have a London Branch if that helps
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« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2024, 08:34:49 »

Try PRONI (Public Record of Northern Ireland) https://apps.proni.gov.uk/eCatNI_IE/SearchResults.aspx
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« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2024, 08:38:31 »

Try PRONI (Public Record of Northern Ireland) https://apps.proni.gov.uk/eCatNI_IE/SearchResults.aspx

Just did ... but "session time out" is what I get  Sad   ... thanks for the try / if there's a more permanent link (or you can download and email me a copy, pretty please  Cheesy )
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« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2024, 10:53:52 »

I tend to forget about PRONI
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/campaigns/public-record-office-northern-ireland-proni
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/information-and-services/search-archives-online/ecatalogue
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/services/search-pronis-ecatalogue
Also HMSO in Belfast used to sometimes have stuff elsewhere
All a bit of a strange setup!
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