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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
Transport Ministries: Trunk and Principal Roads Administration (TPRA Series) Files
Catalogue reference: MT 187
What's it about?
MT 187
This series comprises files of the Ministry of Transport and successors' Trunk and Principal Roads Administration. The records relate to the delegation and devolution of work from headquarters to divisional road engineers.Includes files...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 187
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Ministries: Trunk and Principal Roads Administration (TPRA Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1969-1976
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises files of the Ministry of Transport and successors' Trunk and Principal Roads Administration. The records relate to the delegation and devolution of work from headquarters to divisional road engineers.
Includes files reregistered from the HG series (MT 127) and the HN series (MT 100).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged in original reference order within each transfer.
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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)
- TPRA file series
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of the Environment, Highways Divisions, 1970-1976
- Department of the Environment, Local Government and Development, 1971-1971
- Department of Transport, Highways Planning and Management Division, 1976-1977
- Department of Transport, Highways Programming, Contacts and Lands Division, 1977-1979
- Ministry of Transport, 1959-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 14 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2002 Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Series ran 1971-1979
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- The series will accrue but the rate of accrual is not yet known
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Files relating to the development of policy or those of special interest have been selected for permanent preservation. Case files on construction, road improvement and planning blight have not been preserved unless they meet the criteria above.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Trunk and Principal Roads Administration (TPRA) was the headquarters unit with administrative responsibility for highways matters handled by divisional road engineers. TPRA was established in 1971 and ceased to exist at the end of 1973 when it was absorbed into Highways Management Division. Its sister division Trunk and Principal Roads Engineering (TPRE) had responsibility for highways engineering matters and existed for the same period.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15688/
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