The destruction caused by the landslide reminded Tina of the Aberfan disaster which cost 116 children and 28 adults their lives. A colliery spoil tip collapsed, catastrophically engulfing a ...

including a memorial service at Aberfan cemetery at 9.15am at the time of the tragedy, were held in the village and a minute’s silence was held across the country. The disaster unfolded when excavated ...

HUW LEWIS was a few months short of his third birthday when a mountain of colliery waste hurtled down on the village of Aberfan, crushing Pantglas Junior School and killing 116 children on October 21 ...

when he was a six-year-old pupil at Pantglas primary school in Aberfan. On that day which will forever be imprinted on his mind and the history of the area, a collapsed colliery spoil tip led to a ...

The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966 when a coal tip engulfed a junior school and surrounding homes. How could this happen? Show more The ...

Ms Morgan said she believes lessons have not been learned from the Aberfan disaster in 1966 when a colliery spoil tip collapsed killing 144 people, including 116 children. A build-up of water ...

The Aberfan disaster remains one of the most devastating mining accidents in Welsh history. How truthful was the Netflix series’ account of the incident? This story contains spoilers for episode ...

The origin of the Bureau is the Aberfan disaster of October 1966, a tragic incident where a colliery tip slid down a mountainside to engulf a village school and a row of houses. A total of 144 ...

A film poem to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, written by Owen Sheers and performed by a stellar cast of Wales's best-known acting talent, including Michael Sheen ...

It has placed fresh emphasis on the legacy of mining in Wales, with one resident saying it made her think back to the fatal Aberfan disaster in 1966. Experts have warned that parts of Wales are ...