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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
Parliamentary Bills: Estimates
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1070
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RAIL 1070
This series comprises estimates for various companies (General), and then estimates for particular companies
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 1070
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Title (The name of the record)
- Parliamentary Bills: Estimates
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1794-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises estimates for various companies (General), and then estimates for particular companies
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically after general companies.
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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)
- PYB 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)
- 136 volume(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/C13229/
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