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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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Transport Ministries: Chief Scientific Advisory Group (CSA Series) Files
Catalogue reference: MT 164
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MT 164
This series consists of registered files of the Chief Scientific Advisory Group of the Ministry of Transport and Department of the Environment. The records concern the group's advisory functions to the department on any transport problems with a...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 164
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Ministries: Chief Scientific Advisory Group (CSA Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1965-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of registered files of the Chief Scientific Advisory Group of the Ministry of Transport and Department of the Environment. The records concern the group's advisory functions to the department on any transport problems with a scientific content and their responsibilities to ensure that science and technology play an effective role in supporting the work of the department. The series contains the records of the group's work on projects and research programmes and their input to related departmental working practices, committees and conferences where the group provided the chairmanship or secretariat.
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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)
- CSA file series
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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)
- 23 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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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
- Research
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1967-1973
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Files have been preserved on policy criteria.
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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 Chief Scientific Advisory Group was established in 1964 to advise the ministry on any transport problem with a scientific context.
The group was headed by Chief Scientific Adviser who reported to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport. In 1970, the group was incorporated into the Dir ectorate of Scientific Studies. In 1972, this Directorate was renamed the Directorate of Research Requirements within the Planning and Transportation Unit.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11213/
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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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