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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
Transport Act 1947: Bill Files and Papers
Catalogue reference: MT 74
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MT 74
This series consists of files relating to the nationalization of transport and related undertakings and the establishment for this purpose of a British Transport Commission under the Transport Act 1947.Included are records of discussions with...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 74
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Act 1947: Bill Files and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941-1960
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of files relating to the nationalization of transport and related undertakings and the establishment for this purpose of a British Transport Commission under the Transport Act 1947.
Included are records of discussions with interested organisations, draft memoranda, minutes of the Cabinet committees on the Socialisation of Industry, and correspondence on various aspects of the Transport Bill.
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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)
- 200 file(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1976 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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On 19th November 1945 the Lord President of the Council, Rt Hon H.S. Morrison, MP, announced the Government's intention to bring under national ownership railways, canals and long distance road haulage undertakings and to co-ordinate road passenger transport, docks and harbour undertakings with the national schemes.
The Transport Act Act of 1947 set up the British Transport Commission and provided, amongst other things, for the transfer to the Commission of specified inland transport undertakings and gave the Commission enabling powers in respect of harbour and port facilities.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11123/
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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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