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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
Prospectuses: Omnibus and other companies
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1078
What's it about?
RAIL 1078
A collection of prospectives and associated paper of Omnibus, Tramway, Shipping and other 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 1078
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Title (The name of the record)
- Prospectuses: Omnibus and other companies
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1851-1921
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Description (What the record is about)
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A collection of prospectives and associated paper of Omnibus, Tramway, Shipping and other companies.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The contents of the two pieces formerly in this series have been completely re-arranged, partly because they were complementary, and partly because PROS 3/2 was of an unsatisfactory make-up which concealed the existence of some of its more important information. The material from both pieces has been merged
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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)
- PROS 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)
- 48 bundle(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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13237/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: RAIL
Records of the pre-nationalisation railway companies, pre-nationalisation canal and...
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Prospectuses: Omnibus and other companies
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