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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: London Traffic (LT Series) Files
Catalogue reference: MT 129
What's it about?
MT 129
This series consists of files relating to all aspects of the control of London traffic, including speed limits, waiting restrictions, one-way systems, weight restrictions, pedestrian crossings, parking, road signs and traffic signals.There are...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MT 129
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport: London Traffic (LT Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1934-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of files relating to all aspects of the control of London traffic, including speed limits, waiting restrictions, one-way systems, weight restrictions, pedestrian crossings, parking, road signs and traffic signals.
There are also files on the implementation of the recommendations of the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also the papers of the London Policy Division in MT 135
See also the papers of the London Highways Division in MT 106
See also the papers of the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee in MT 37
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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LT Series
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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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- Ministry of Transport, London Traffic Division, 1960-1964
- Ministry of Transport, Road Traffic Division, 1959-1961
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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170 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1985 to 1997 Department of Transport
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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 Division was formed in 1960 under a reorganisation of the Road Safety and Vehicle Registration Group. It had responsibility for the regulation of road traffic in the London area including speed limits, waiting restrictions, one way traffic systems, weight restrictions, pedestrian crossings, parking places including the use of parking meters, road signs and traffic signals.
The Division also had responsibility for servicing the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee which included placing the Committee's recommendations before the Minister and taking action on these recommendations.
In 1961 the Division took over some of the functions of the Road Traffic Division (RTC).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11178/
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