The Aberfan Disaster - The Heartlands Tribune
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ON October 21, 1966, the village of Aberfan in South Wales became the scene of one of the most tragic accidents in modern British history.
Aberfan remembered 60 years on
Remembering those who lost their lives in a man-made disaster on this day in 1966. Despite the evidence no person or organisation was held responsible and successive governments refused to act to right a wrong inflicted on a small Welsh mining community. SHAMEFUL. The Welsh Government said this morning: ‘At 9:15am today, Wales will fall … Continue reading Aberfan remembered 60 years on
It's been exactly 60 years since one of the darkest pages in post-war British history. The disaster in Aberfan, Wales, where a mudslide and rockslide killed 116 children and 28 adults, remains a symbol of bureaucratic indifference and recklessness. We present the story of a tragedy that changed British mining law, exposed the true cost of the Industrial Revolution, and forever etched itself in the hearts of the Welsh people.
The Aberfan Disaster - The Heartlands Tribune
On 21 October 1966, a mountain of colliery waste came down on a Welsh village and killed 144 people, 116 of them children. The National Coal Board had been warned in writing, three years earlier, that it would. The last ordinary sound in Pantglas Junior School was children’s chatter about half-term. The holiday started at […]
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