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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: Road Transport (RF Series) Files
Catalogue reference: MT 174
What's it about?
MT 174
The records contain files demonstrating precedent on European Community road haulage policy, bilateral agreements, permits and quotas and files on goods vehicle operators' licensing and enforcement (tachographs, drivers hours and record...
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 174
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Ministries: Road Transport (RF Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1964-2007
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records contain files demonstrating precedent on European Community road haulage policy, bilateral agreements, permits and quotas and files on goods vehicle operators' licensing and enforcement (tachographs, drivers hours and record rules).
Some RT files pre-dating 1971 have been re-registered into the RF file series. RT series files are located in MT 97
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Former reference order by each transfer
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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)
- RF 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 and Miscellaneous
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for Transport, 2002-2002
- Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, 2001-2002
- Department of the Environment, 1970-1997
- Department of the Environment, Road Freight Division, 1971-1983
- Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001
- Department of Transport, 1976-1997
- Ministry of Transport, 1959-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 233 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2000 Department of the Environment, Transport 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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1971-1983
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Policy, precedent files and road haulage agreements with European Community states have been selected.
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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 Road Freight Division was established after the cessation of the Road Transport Division in 1971. It was responsible for the goods vehicle licensing system, heavy goods vehicle testing and plating; drivers hours and record rules; policy on and co-ordination of non-technical enforcement; international bilateral road haulage agreements and European Economic Community road haulage matters
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11223/
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