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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
Archivists' Historical Miscellanea (York Collection)
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1006
What's it about?
RAIL 1006
This series is composed almost entirely of notes, papers, and photographic copies originating subsequent to the opening of the York record office of the British Transport Commission: It contains a few earlier items however, mostly of the 'press...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 1006
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Title (The name of the record)
- Archivists' Historical Miscellanea (York Collection)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1825-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series is composed almost entirely of notes, papers, and photographic copies originating subsequent to the opening of the York record office of the British Transport Commission: It contains a few earlier items however, mostly of the 'press cutting' type.
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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)
- GEN(Y) 3
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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)
- 129 file(s)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13182/
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Archivists' Historical Miscellanea (York Collection)
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