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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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Records inherited and created by the Ministry of Transport and successors, Freight...
Catalogue reference: Division within MT
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Division within MT
Records of the Freight Coordination Division, set up to oversee the administration of freight transport services, are relevant to the integration of freight transport with other means of transport, and include: Registered files in MT 157
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within MT
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records inherited and created by the Ministry of Transport and successors, Freight Co-ordination Division
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1957-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Freight Coordination Division, set up to oversee the administration of freight transport services, are relevant to the integration of freight transport with other means of transport, and include:
Registered files in MT 157
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 series
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- Topics
- Transport management
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Ministry of Transport and successors, Freight Coordination Division, 1967-1976
The Freight Coordination Division was established in 1967 following the White Paper on Transport (Cmnd 3057, 1966) and the White Paper on the Transport of Freight (Cmnd 3470, 1967). The Division was responsible for general policy relating to the coordination of freight transport and the integration of freight services into the public sector.
In 1970, responsibility for freight was transferred to the Department of the Environment.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Guaratees on Loans: Transport (HC, Cmnd 3057, 1966-67) The Transport of Freight (HC, Cmnd 3470, 1967-68)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C882/
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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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