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Fascinating insight into The Bethnal Green Disaster
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Very moving, indeed. I think there was a TV programme about this a year or so ago?
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There are inaccuracies in the article, I think. I first read about it yonks ago in "Rails Through the Clay", a history of London tube railways. At that time the Central line stopped at Liverpool Street. The eastern extension tunnels including the station tunnels were completed just before war broke out. The tunnel under Eastern Avenue was converted into a Plessey electronics factory.
Bethnal Green station was converted quite late on into a shelter. There were no escalators so they built a wooden staircase in the escalator shaft. On the day of the disaster there was no air raid warning but people panicked when they heard ack-ack guns being fired. There was a rush for the shelter. Someone tripped on a step near the bottom and everybody piled in on top.Uncle John - Passed away March 2020
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There is now a plaque at the entrance to the station
And there is a campaign to build a memorial.
Uncle John's right, the Liverpool Street - Stratford part of line didn't open until 1946.Phil
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Essex - family and local history.
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Originally posted by Little Nell View PostI understand this tragedy was downplayed at the time, so as not to damage morale. That might explain why is wasn't widely known or talked about.Uncle John - Passed away March 2020
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Thanks for sharing this Val, I had never heard of it before.
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Originally posted by Val wish Id never started View Posthi Tom I have been googling hoping to find a list of the victims names ? but it seems a lot were never identified ? wondered if any were mine ?
Originally posted by Uncle John View PostIt wasn't just downplayed, it was kept completely secret until after the end of the war.Phil
historyhouse.co.uk
Essex - family and local history.
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There's plenty on the disaster in the National Archives including applications from the injured for compensation. Perhaps those applications may include more details including dob and address. You would have to go to to TNA to see them.Phil
historyhouse.co.uk
Essex - family and local history.
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There used to be a plaque about this on the staircase where it happened. When I first found out about this disaster, about 38 years ago, I couldn't bear to use that particular staircase, it seemed like walking over the dead, always had to use another entrance. I haven't used BG tube since I moved from London, but think I would still avoid it.Sue x
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