Aberfan Disaster In Wales 1966
A mountain slope had a tip
created above Welsh Village
near Aberfan which was near
Merthyr Tydfil and overlaid
a natural spring.
Heavy rain built up in the
tip cause the tip slide down
hill killing 116 children and
28 adults as it engulfed the
local junior school and also
other buildings in it's path.
The National Coal Board
(NCB) was responsible for
this disaster in 1966.
Bee Gees- Barry Gibbs
composed 1941 New York-
Disaster, was referring to
this 1966 disaster in Wales
in the city of Aberfan.
There wasn't ever this type
of disaster in 1941 in New York.
It's been 54 year since that
ghastly morbid disaster.
It's fitting the Barry Gibbs
song- New York Mining-
Disaster 1941.
Through my searching, I
found more about the details
of this disaster in 1966.
I will be adding more to my
article.
But, I find how you can see
a visual of this disaster. Crown
on Netflix is redoing this in a
whole mind chilling episode.
Queen Elizabeth will visiting
Aberfan. The junior school is
being made exactly as it was
before the disaster and all the
buildings involved. Make sure
you have plenty of tissue for
the tears. If you have children,
let they know this is reenactment
of what happened back in 1966.
Hold them close, while watching
with them. There are library books
about this disaster.
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