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Aberfan 21st October 1966 Remembered
« on: Monday 21 October 19 09:13 BST (UK) »
Today is the 53rd anniversary of the Aberfan disaster.

At 9:13 A.M the slurry from the coal tip above the village hit the school and nearby houses killing 144 people, including 116 children.


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Re: Aberfan 21st October 1966 Remembered
« Reply #1 on: Monday 21 October 19 09:27 BST (UK) »
I think all of us who were alive then will remember where we were on that day. I was in  London at the time but had grown up in the shadow of the slurry tips in North Wales.

Such an awful  tragedy.
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Re: Aberfan 21st October 1966 Remembered
« Reply #2 on: Monday 21 October 19 09:37 BST (UK) »
Yes I was in school.
Mr. Fred Evans our music teacher broke the news to us.
I can picture it now.
When I got home my grandfather had left with other miners to help in the rescue operation.  He didn't come home for two days.

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Re: Aberfan 21st October 1966 Remembered
« Reply #3 on: Monday 21 October 19 11:09 BST (UK) »
 I live close to this event in another valley. Many men i knew including my father went to help and even try to shift the slag with thier hands  to find the poor children.  The coalboard where never really brought to justice
The cemetary where these beautiful children are is so upsetting there is a photo of every child above thier grave.
RIP little ones

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Re: Aberfan 21st October 1966 Remembered
« Reply #4 on: Monday 21 October 19 16:24 BST (UK) »
Love this poem...

In the dark welsh valley,
On the mountain side,
Lay the little children,
Close to where they died.
Their little lives are ended,
Before they reach their goal,
Tender little children have paid the price of coal.💫

 Aberfan, never forgotten. 21/10/1966.
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Re: Aberfan 21st October 1966 Remembered
« Reply #5 on: Monday 21 October 19 16:28 BST (UK) »
That's really touching Carol...Yes I remember the awful scenes on the news on TV...both my Sister and I were crying and didn't eat our tea as it didn't feel right  :'(
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Re: Aberfan 21st October 1966 Remembered
« Reply #6 on: Monday 21 October 19 16:30 BST (UK) »
Someone posted it on Facebook,it's lovely isn't it.

I remember being in class at my senior school and the head mistress coming round to each class and telling us what had happened.

The pictures on the news that night were so awfully sad.

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Re: Aberfan 21st October 1966 Remembered
« Reply #7 on: Monday 21 October 19 16:46 BST (UK) »
One of those awful landmark days.
Such a terrible tragedy. :'(
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Re: Aberfan 21st October 1966 Remembered
« Reply #8 on: Monday 21 October 19 18:46 BST (UK) »
The sickening slurry
With remorseless wrath
Industry’s legacy
The school in it’s path
Rescuers digging
For all they were worth
The next generation
Beneath the dank earth
With frantic energy
They tore at the ground
Not abandoning hope
Life would be found
The world watched that day
United in sorrow
For those innocent lives
Lost to tomorrow

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