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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: Vehicle Engineering Development Unit (VEDU Series) Files
Catalogue reference: MT 207
What's it about?
MT 207
Minutes and papers of the inter-departmental Working Group on Fuel Consumption Targets (Departments of Transport, Industry, and Energy, Transport and Road Research Laboratory, and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders).
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 207
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Ministries: Vehicle Engineering Development Unit (VEDU Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1980-1988
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes and papers of the inter-departmental Working Group on Fuel Consumption Targets (Departments of Transport, Industry, and Energy, Transport and Road Research Laboratory, and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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By former reference.
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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)
- VEDU
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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)
- Department of Transport, Vehicle Engineering Development Unit, 1980-1987
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 19 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 2009 Department for Transport
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Department of the Environment 1981-1997; Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 1997-2001; Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions 2001 to 2002; Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2002 to 2006; Department for Communities and Local Government 2006 on.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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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 Vehicle Engineering Development Unit was constituted in 1980.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16537/
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