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Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
Series
Ramsgate Harbour: Deeds, Evidences and Plans
Catalogue reference: MT 21
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MT 21
This series consists of records which relate to the administration of Ramsgate harbour.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 21
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ramsgate Harbour: Deeds, Evidences and Plans
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1613-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of records which relate to the administration of Ramsgate harbour.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The Documents in this series are not in chronological order of arrangement..
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Trade, 1786-1970
- Corporation of Ramsgate, 1934-1939
- Ministry of Transport, 1919-1941
- Ramsgate Harbour Trustees, 1761-1863
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 468 files and flat sheets
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1982 Department of Transport
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Transport management
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Ramsgate Harbour was administered by Ramsgate Harbour Trustees until 1863, by the Board of Trade from 1863 to 1919, by the Ministry of Transport from 1919 to 1934, and then by the Corporation of Ramsgate.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11071/
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Ramsgate Harbour: Deeds, Evidences and Plans
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