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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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Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation and successors: Divisional Controller Southern...
Catalogue reference: AVIA 103
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AVIA 103
The records in this series relate to the administration of aerodromes, including planning, safety and ground services, within the Southern Division. Some files relate to specific locations.
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AVIA 103
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation and successors: Divisional Controller Southern Division: Registered Files (SO Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1955-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records in this series relate to the administration of aerodromes, including planning, safety and ground services, within the Southern Division. Some files relate to specific locations.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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SO file series
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Trade, Civil Aviation Department, 1966-1970
- Department of Trade and Industry, 1970-1974
- Ministry of Aviation, 1959-1967
- Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, 1953-1959
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39 file(s)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1997 Department of Transport
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1962 onwards
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Series is accruing
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The Civil Aviation Divisional Controller Southern Division was part of the Civil Aviation Division, itself part of Aerodromes General Division.
Supervision of the day-to-day administration of aerodromes and of other ground services was mostly decentralised to divisional offices, each responsible for one of the areas into which the United Kingdom was divided. In 1947 the country was originally divided into four areas: London and South Eastern, South Western, including Wales and the Midlands, Northern including Northern Ireland and Scottish. These areas were reduced to three on the 1 July 1956: Southern (SO), Northern (NO), including Wales and Northern Ireland and Scottish (SCO). The Southern Division covers the whole of England from the Severn to the Wash.
Each Divisional Office comprised of a Divisional Controller and a small number of technical, executive and clerical staff. Their functions were to implement policy, to progress and co-ordinate development, to maintain the efficiency of technical services and within the limits of delegated authority, deal with those matters which did not require reference to headquarters.
The aerodromes serving London, Blackbushe, Stansted, Gatwick and London Heathrow, within Southern Division, were controlled and were administered by the General Manager (LONDON AIRPORTS) who was responsible for them direct to Ministry Headquarters.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2683/
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