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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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Concentration of existing law courts, selection of site for new building, introduction...
Catalogue reference: WORK 12/1
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This record is about the Concentration of existing law courts, selection of site for new building, introduction... dating from 1859-1882 in the series Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings, England and Wales: Registered Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1859-1882
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Concentration of existing law courts, selection of site for new building, introduction of parliamentary bills, estimates of cost, acquisition of property
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Transport management
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WORK 12
Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings, England and Wales: Registered Files
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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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