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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.
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Ministry of Transport: 1957-1959
Catalogue reference: FO 1109/254
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This record is about the Ministry of Transport: 1957-1959 dating from 1956-1960 in the series Lord Butler of Saffron Walden: Private Office Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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FO 1109/254
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Date (When the record was created)
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1956-1960
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ministry of Transport: 1957-1959
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- The National Archives, Kew
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MIN 81
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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FO 1109
Lord Butler of Saffron Walden: Private Office Papers
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Within the series: FO 1109
Lord Butler of Saffron Walden: Private Office Papers
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Ministry of Transport: 1957-1959
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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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