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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
British Transport Historical Records: Transport News : Periodicals
Catalogue reference: ZPER 71
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ZPER 71
Issues of the periodical Transport News, a British Transport Commission publication. The material in this series is non record material originally held in the Library.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ZPER 71
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Transport Historical Records: Transport News: Periodicals
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1949-1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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Issues of the periodical Transport News, a British Transport Commission publication.
The material in this series is non record material originally held in the Library.
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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)
- PER 71
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Non record material
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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/C14812/
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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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