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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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Baguleys (1926) Removals Ltd and J R Goodwin & Co Ltd (Grimsby)
Catalogue reference: AN 13/852
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This record is about the Baguleys (1926) Removals Ltd and J R Goodwin & Co Ltd (Grimsby) dating from 1949 June - July in the series British Transport Commission: Chief Secretary's Office: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AN 13/852
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1949 June - July
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Description (What the record is about)
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Baguleys (1926) Removals Ltd and J R Goodwin & Co Ltd (Grimsby)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- S 20-1-207
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Transport management
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5956311/
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AN 13
British Transport Commission: Chief Secretary's Office: Correspondence and Papers
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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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