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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 Transport Advisory Council
Catalogue reference: Division within MT
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Division within MT
Records of the Transport Advisory Council, established in 1933 as an advisory body to the Minister of Transport, documents the work of the council and its various committees, and include: Council minutes and reports in MT 43
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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 Transport Advisory Council
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1934-1944
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Transport Advisory Council, established in 1933 as an advisory body to the Minister of Transport, documents the work of the council and its various committees, and include:
Council minutes and reports in MT 43
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Transport Advisory Council, 1933-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 series
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1967 Ministry of Transport
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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An advisory council on transport was recommended by the Final Report of the Royal Commission on Transport in 1930. The Transport Advisory Council was set up by the Road and Rail Traffic Act of 1933.
Its purpose was to give advice and assistance to the Minister of Transport in connection with all matters relating to the means of and facilities for transport and their co-ordination, improvement and development.
The Council was abolished by the Transport Act of 1947 and a Central Transport Consultative Committee was established in its place.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C888/
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