The story of
The General Strike
In May 1926 over 1.5 million UK workers went on strike, bringing Britain to a standstill. Our records provide an insight into its origins and impact.
Series
Road Transport: Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: MT 33
What's it about?
MT 33
This series consists of selected files, bill papers, papers of the London Passenger Transport Board, and records of the Salter Conference on Road and Rail Transport.Also included are the records of commissions, committees and conferences relating...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 33
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Title (The name of the record)
- Road Transport: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1916-1954
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of selected files, bill papers, papers of the London Passenger Transport Board, and records of the Salter Conference on Road and Rail Transport.
Also included are the records of commissions, committees and conferences relating to affecting local authorities; hackney carriages; licensing and certification; employers and employees.
This series also contains files from the RS series (otherwise in MT 92).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Further records of the London Passenger Transport Board are in
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 594 file(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Ministry of Transport , from 1968 to 1970 , from 1971 to 1979
Department of the Environment , from 1968 to 1970 , from 1971 to 1979
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11082/
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