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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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Ministry of Transport Council
Catalogue reference: MT 51
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MT 51
This series consists of minutes of meetings of the Ministry of Transport Council, together with agenda, reports and memoranda, and a subject index of meetings.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MT 51
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport Council
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Date (When the record was created)
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1919-1922
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of minutes of meetings of the Ministry of Transport Council, together with agenda, reports and memoranda, and a subject index of meetings.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Ministry of Transport Council, 1919-1922
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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39 file(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1968 Ministry of Transport
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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 Council, established shortly after the formation of the Ministry in 1919, was a non-statutory advisory body consisting of the heads of Departments. Its function was to discuss with the Minister the problems confronting the newly formed Ministry. The Council considered many aspects of the Department's responsibilities, particularly the problems posed by the condition of the railways following the 1914-1918 war. The Council ceased to exist after August, 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11100/
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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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