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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
London Transport Collection
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1018
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RAIL 1018
Miscellaneous records consisting mainly of certificates of incorporation of omnibus, tramway, etc, companies taken over by the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933. There are also some records presented by Sir John Elliot arising mainly from...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 1018
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Title (The name of the record)
- London Transport Collection
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1875-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous records consisting mainly of certificates of incorporation of omnibus, tramway, etc, companies taken over by the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933. There are also some records presented by Sir John Elliot arising mainly from his chairmanship of the London Transport Executive from 1953-1959, but including some personal material and a few papers concerning his membership of the British Airports Authority and the controversy concerning the Third London Airport at Stansted.
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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)
- HRP 5
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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)
- 12 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13191/
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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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