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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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Department of Transport: Transport and Road Research Laboratory and Transport Research...
Catalogue reference: AY 29
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AY 29
This series consists of the Transport and Road Research Laboratory's published research and technical reports, and comprises a series of numbered research reports first issued by the laboratory in 1984. The series, which is still continuing, is...
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- AY 29
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Transport: Transport and Road Research Laboratory and Transport Research Laboratory: Research and Technical Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1984-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the Transport and Road Research Laboratory's published research and technical reports, and comprises a series of numbered research reports first issued by the laboratory in 1984. The series, which is still continuing, is unclassified and contains a record of research by the laboratory on specific subjects and relate to the planning, construction and maintenance of roads and bridges, road traffic, road safety and road accidents, public transport and general transport analysis and planning.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Transport and Road Research Laboratory, 1972-1993
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 382 volume(s)
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- Open
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2743/
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