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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.
Series
National Bus Company: Wales and North Region: Unregistered Papers
Catalogue reference: FH 10
What's it about?
FH 10
This series contains correspondence and papers of the Wales and the North Region Director's office (Mr D G F Rawlinson), the Divisional Directors' offices (Mr P J Harmer and Mr W Price), the Regional Enterprise Directors's office (Mr J Fisher)...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FH 10
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Bus Company: Wales and North Region: Unregistered Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1972-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence and papers of the Wales and the North Region Director's office (Mr D G F Rawlinson), the Divisional Directors' offices (Mr P J Harmer and Mr W Price), the Regional Enterprise Directors's office (Mr J Fisher) and the Eastern and Northern Region.
The records concern regional organisation; co-operation with local Passenger Transport Executives and regional relationships with the National Bus Company subsidiaries of National Express, National Holidays and National Travelworld.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not 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)
- National Bus Company, Wales and North Region, 1972-1986
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 97 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7305/
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National Bus Company: Wales and North Region: Unregistered Papers
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