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dailymail.com /1 day ago

Aberfan. 21 October 1966. The day the children didn't come home from school: 60 years ago today, 116 pupils were buried...

Sixty years ago today, 144 people - most of them schoolchildren - were killed when a colliery spoil tip collapsed, triggering an avalanche of industrial waste to slide down into Ab...

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blogs.egu.eu /1 day ago

“Buried Alive by the National Coal Board”: Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Aberfan Mining Disaster

Aberfan is located in the South Wales Valleys and developed as a coal mining village during the industrial revolution in the mid-1800s. The village is much like any of the other vi...

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walesonline.co.uk /2 days ago

The world stops to remember the people who died at Aberfan sixty years ago

A day of solemn commemoration in a Welsh village forever scarred by the coal slide tragedy that engulfed Pantglas Primary School on October 21, 1966

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dailymail.com /5 days ago

The tragedy that haunted the late queen: Fire service photos of Aberfan disaster that killed 116 children and 28 adults...

After three weeks of heavy rainfall, at 9.15 am, on October 21, 1966, coal tip No.7 collapsed, sending 150,000 tonnes of slurry barrelling into the primary school and 19 homes in A...

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southwalesargus.co.uk /5 days ago

121 coal tips in Gwent Valleys still need safety checks 60 years after Aberfan

At about 9.15am on October 21, 1966, a mountain of colliery waste thundered down on Aberfan.

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bbc.co.uk /3 days ago

Prime minister visits Aberfan ahead of 60th anniversary of 'horrifying tragedy'

A total of 116 children and 28 adults were killed on 21 October 1966 when a colliery spoil tip collapsed.

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bbc.co.uk /1 day ago

Aberfan disaster 'most tragic of days imaginable' says King on 60th anniversary

In total 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a colliery spoil tip collapsed on 21 October 1966.

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bbc.co.uk /1 week ago

King, Queen and Prince William to visit Aberfan on 60th anniversary of disaster

The tragedy saw 116 children and 28 adults killed when a colliery spoil tip collapsed in 1966.

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bbc.co.uk /1 month ago

We survived the Aberfan disaster as schoolchildren, but were told to never talk about it again

In one of Britain's worst disasters, 116 children were killed on the morning of 21 October 1966.

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mirror.co.uk /3 days ago

Aberfan disaster is among 'most horrifying tragedies UK has ever seen' says Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham laid a wreath in Aberfan on the 60th anniversary of the disaster which claimed 144 lives, including 116 children - and said coal mine safety is of 'critical importance...

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walesonline.co.uk /2 days ago

'I can still picture my dead classmate': Horror stories from those who survived Aberfan

'The ground started to shake and the teacher said: "Don’t worry, it’s only thunder." The next thing I remember was waking up with all this material over me'

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walesonline.co.uk /1 day ago

Aberfan falls silent: how the village remembered those it lost 60 years on

A quiet hush settled over the village as the 144 lives lost were remembered

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southwalesargus.co.uk /2 days ago

‘We will be another Aberfan’ - Inside Gwent’s fear of a coal-tip disaster

Wales' 540 disused coal tips leave Gwent communities facing safety fears after Tredegar and Cwmtillery landslides, as Aberfan's legacy continues to shape Wales.

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independent.co.uk /1 day ago

King says Aberfan ‘will always be in our hearts’ 60 years after coal tip collapse killed 144

An entire generation was almost wiped out when 150,000 tonnes of coal waste engulfed Pantglas Junior School in 1966

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bbc.co.uk /1 day ago

'My friend was lying next to me... I was only 8 but I realised he was dead'

Four people who were children at the time of the Aberfan disaster recall the moment when a coal waste tip collapsed 60 years ago.

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rte.ie /1 day ago

60th anniversary of Aberfan disaster marked in UK

Tributes have been paid to the strength and resilience of the community in Aberfan, Wales, on the 60th anniversary of a disaster which claimed the lives of 116 children and 28 adul...

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mirror.co.uk /5 days ago

Aberfan disaster survivor haunted after being 'buried alive with dead classmate victim on his shoulder'

EXCLUSIVE: With next week marking 60 years since a coal tip collapsed on a Welsh mining village, engulfing a school and houses, killing 144 people, the Mirror spoke to four survivo...

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anglicanmainstream.org /1 day ago

‘A ministry of tears’: Aberfan remembered 60 years on

from Religion Media Centre (Image: Wikimedia Creative Commons) Memorial services are being held today to mark the 60th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, when a colliery waste ti...

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southwalesargus.co.uk /3 days ago

The soldier whose troops pulled 60 bodies from the carnage of Aberfan

The Aberfan disaster killed 116 children and 28 adults in 1966. Veteran soldier Ron Birch recalls leading troops through the rescue and recovery in Wales.

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southwalesargus.co.uk /1 week ago

Aberfan disaster explored in novel discussed at Little Mill WI meeting

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walesonline.co.uk /2 days ago

'A terrifying tale of bungling ineptitude... of failures to heed clear warnings and a total lack of direction'

An inquiry into the Aberfan disaster powerfully concluded that it should have been prevented

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southwalesargus.co.uk /2 days ago

PM calls Aberfan 'one of the most horrifying tragedies' before 60th anniversary

The Prime Minister has described the Aberfan disaster as 'one of the most horrifying tragedies this country has ever seen' on a visit to pay his respects ahead of the 60th annivers...

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christiantoday.com /1 day ago

Christians remember Aberfan disaster 60 years on

It was described by one individual as "the ministry of tears".

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southwalesargus.co.uk /2 days ago

Aberfan remembered 60 years on: clock recovered from disaster still shows 9.13am

A community in south Wales is remembering one of the worst mining-related disasters in UK history on the 60th anniversary.

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