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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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- 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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Please see information at Divisional level.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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 for Transport, 2002-2002
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Gathered from original website.
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- 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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