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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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Bound Volume: Indexed
Catalogue reference: ZLIB 23/16
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This record is about the Bound Volume: Indexed dating from 1887 in the series British Transport Historical Records Office library: Journals of the Society of Telegraph.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- ZLIB 23/16
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1887
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Description (What the record is about)
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Bound Volume: Indexed
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Filed: Room 2A Pack 26
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Non record material
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open Immediately
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2051880/
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ZLIB 23
British Transport Historical Records Office library: Journals of the Society of Telegraph...
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