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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: Directorate of Navigation...
Catalogue reference: AVIA 117
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The Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster
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Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal
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