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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.
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London Traffic Advisory Committee
Catalogue reference: MT 36
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MT 36
This series consists of minutes and papers of the London Traffic Advisory Committee and its sub-committees.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MT 36
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Title (The name of the record)
- London Traffic Advisory Committee
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Date (When the record was created)
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1919-1925
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of minutes and papers of the London Traffic Advisory Committee and its sub-committees.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- London Traffic Advisory Committee, 1919-1924
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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14 file(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1973 Department of the Environment
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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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The London Traffic Advisory Committee was established in November 1919 under the chairmanship of Mr. Kennedy Jones. The Committee's task was to co-ordinate and improve London traffic mainly through existing powers, and to consider and recommend a permanent Controlling Authority.
Technical sub-committees on traffic regulation, improvement of street facilities, and future development, were appointed and met regularly until the issue of the Commission's report in March 1920. From that date only Sub-Committee no.1 (on traffic regulation) continued to operate, and its functions were absorbed by the new London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee in November 1924.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11085/
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The Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster
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