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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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UK National Public Transport Gazetteer Website
Catalogue reference: DFT 44
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DFT 44
This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the UK National Public Transport Gazetteer website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].
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- DFT 44
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Title (The name of the record)
- UK National Public Transport Gazetteer Website
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Date (When the record was created)
- From 2009
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the UK National Public Transport Gazetteer website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Department for Transport, 2002-2002
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- archived website(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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- Gathered from original website.
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- Future website versions may be anticipated.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17159/
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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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