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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 Ministries: Photographs
Catalogue reference: MT 162
What's it about?
MT 162
This series consists of photographs.
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 162
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Ministries: Photographs
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1919-1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of photographs.
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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)
- 18 photograph(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2002 Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11211/
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