This video documents the 1966 Aberfan disaster in Wales, where a coal waste tip collapsed after heavy rain, engulfing Pantglas Junior School and...
... Aberfan disaster 60 years ago. A line of people, some wearing black ties, gathered on Moy Road near where Pantglas Junior. Log in. BBC Wales...
On October 21, 1966, a devastating landslide buried Pantglas Junior School in Aberfan, Wales, killing 144 people, including 116 children.
116 children dead. Almost an entire generation, gone. On October 21, 1966, the small mining village of Aberfan in South Wales was struck by...
On 21 October 1966, the Aberfan disaster took the lives of 144 people, including 116 children. An unimaginable tragedy that devastated families,...
At around quarter past nine on the morning of Friday 21 October 1966, disaster struck the coal mining village of Aberfan in South Wales. What...
Aberfan tragedy 60th anniversary remembrance (3) (Wales/(UK)) 21/Oct/2026. @Mark133319 likes727 views33 minutes ago
Nestled in the heart of Aberfan, a poignant reminder of a tragic past awaits. This is the Aberfan Disaster Memorial Garden, a place where...
In their memory, we perform the powerful hymn “Aberystwyth” (translated as “Jesus, Lover of My Soul”), which was the second hymn sung during so...
Today we remember Aberfan. On this day in 1966, tragedy struck a small Welsh village when a coal tip collapsed, engulfing a school and taking...