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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
Roads Department: Unregistered Files
Catalogue reference: MT 84
What's it about?
MT 84
This series consists of unregistered files from the Roads Department and Roads Transport Divisions of the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of War Transport, and Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. The serires contains papers and technical...
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 84
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Title (The name of the record)
- Roads Department: Unregistered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1920-1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of unregistered files from the Roads Department and Roads Transport Divisions of the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of War Transport, and Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. The serires contains papers and technical data covering various aspects of road transport, including brakes, tyres, lights, windscreens, steering and loading, exhaust pollution etc, together with material concerning vehicle regulations and the development of producer gas for road vehicles.
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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)
- 63 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1979 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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The growth of road transport following the First World War led to the formation of sections of the Roads Department of the Ministry of Transport dealing with vehicle construction and regulation and the licensing and control of passenger and goods transport.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11133/
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