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The Aberfan Disaster
The Aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on October 21, 1966, resulting in the deaths of 144 people,...
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The Aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on October 21, 1966, resulting in the deaths of 144 people,...
They speak to survivor Anne Murphy, who was a pupil at Pant Glas School. She shares her memories publicly for the first time. The students also talk to BBC...
(15 Mar 1973) Six and a half years after the Aberfan disaster, the Queen returns to open the new Memorial Centre. Movietone looks back to...
Headteacher Simone Roden said it was the "most harrowing day in Aberfan's history" when "children like you and adults like us who went to school in the morning...
Gerald Kirwaun survived the Aberfan disaster when he just a child. This is the first time he has spoken about it in fifty years.
New BBC Sounds podcast Aberfan: Tip Number 7 tells the in-depth story of Aberfan - and the decades of injustice that followed.
The Aberfan disaster (Welsh: Trychineb Aberfan) was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on 21 October 1966.
In 1966, a coal waste tip collapsed above the Welsh village of Aberfan. The avalanche of mining debris buried homes and the local school,...
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster in 2006, New York artist Shimon Attie worked with local residents to produce an artwork...
On this day in 1966, 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a coal waste tip slid onto a Welsh village. In 2020, another huge coal...