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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
Ministry of Transport and successors, Ports Divisions: Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: MT 48
What's it about?
MT 48
This series consists of correspondence and papers relating to docks, harbours, piers and ferries.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MT 48
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport and successors, Ports Divisions: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1911-1953
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of correspondence and papers relating to docks, harbours, piers and ferries.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
This series is arranged in file number order within the following series: D: Development (1919-1920) E: Holyhead Harbour (1922-1948) PH: General (1919-1923) PUH: General (1923-1953) PUH/D: Development (Public Utility) Advisory Committee (1929-1936)
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other records concerning Rates and Charges see MT 56
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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)
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- Board of Trade, Ports Department, 1863-1919
- Ministry of Transport, 1919-1941
- Ministry of Transport, Docks and Canal Division, 1934-1941
- Ministry of Transport, Docks and Canal Division, 1946-1953
- Ministry of Transport, Harbour Branch, 1923-1934
- Ministry of Transport, Ports and Transit Division, 1938-1941
- Ministry of War Transport, Port and Transit Control, 1941-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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178 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1978 to 1997 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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The Ministry of Transport took over responsibility for docks, harbours, piers and ferries from the Board of Trade in 1919.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11097/
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Ministry of Transport and successors, Ports Divisions: Correspondence and Papers
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The Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster
On one tragic night in March 1943 in Bethnal Green, East London, 173 people lost their lives taking shelter from German bombing as the air raid sirens sounded.
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