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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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Town and Country Planning Act 1947: revision; views of Ministry of Transport
Catalogue reference: HLG 71/1469
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This record is about the Town and Country Planning Act 1947: revision; views of Ministry of Transport dating from 1951-1961 in the series Ministry of Town and Country Planning and predecessors and successors: Planning Policy.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HLG 71/1469
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1951-1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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Town and Country Planning Act 1947: revision; views of Ministry of Transport
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 91700/3/1B
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2074260/
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HLG 71
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Town and Country Planning Act 1947: revision; views of Ministry of Transport
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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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