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A silent memory!

The FM of Wales, Carwyn Jones, is calling upon the people of Wales to pause & remember the Aberfan disaster with a minute’s silence at 9.15am on Friday 21 October 2016; exactly 50 years after the tragedy took place.

The 1966 disaster claimed the lives of 144 people, 116 of them primary school children, when a spoil tip containing waste material from coal mining slid down from its position on the hillside above the village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil.

Researched Links:

WAG:  Remember the people of Aberfan, says FM

BBC On This Day | 21 | 1966: Aberfan - a generation wiped out

Aberfan: decent men, led astray | Health and Safety at Work

Aberfan 1966 - AGOR

Aberfan Disaster Documentary - YouTube

This Is Tragedy - British Pathé

Aberfan 1966-2016 | Hiraeth

Aberfan disaster - The National Archives

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