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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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British Empire Exhibition 1923: handbook of general information
Catalogue reference: ZLIB 15/50/31
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This record is about the British Empire Exhibition 1923: handbook of general information dating from 1923 in the series British Transport Historical Records Office library: Pamphlets (General - Old and.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1923
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British Empire Exhibition 1923: handbook of general information
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Non record material
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- Open Immediately
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- Open Document, Open Description
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ZLIB 15
British Transport Historical Records Office library: Pamphlets (General - Old and...
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British Empire Exhibition 1923: handbook of general information
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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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