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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 of the Department of Transport, Mobility Unit
Catalogue reference: Division within MT
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Division within MT
Records in this division consist of papers of the Mobility Unit of the Department of Transport. Annual reports are in MT 178.
Full description and record details
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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 of the Department of Transport, Mobility Unit
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1995
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records in this division consist of papers of the Mobility Unit of the Department of Transport.
Annual reports are in MT 178.
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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)
- 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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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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- Topics
- Transport management
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C887/
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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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