| Aberfan... 09:13 - Oct 21 with 762 views | bluelagos |
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| Aberfan... on 09:17 - Oct 21 with 733 views | Merthyrblue |
I recall the teacher at Gusford telling us about it and it left a mark on me. I never thought that later I'd spend over 30 years working in that locality. I know three of the children that survived personally. |  | | |
| Aberfan... on 09:20 - Oct 21 with 711 views | farkenhell |
I watched the documentary a couple of days ago. The way that the residents were treated before and after the disaster for many years by the National Coal Board, successive governments and people in authority was an absolute disgrace. |  | | |
| Aberfan... on 09:39 - Oct 21 with 638 views | DJR |
An absolute tragedy.
I was 6 at the time, and do remember it, although it probably didn't hit home as much as it would have, had I been older. [Post edited 21 Oct 15:42]
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| Aberfan... on 10:13 - Oct 21 with 534 views | Whos_blue |
I knew a firefighter who attended the incident. In his words "it was a b@stard job".
Newsnight did a great piece on this last night. Dedicated the whole programme to it. It was followed by a documentary that I hope to catch up with tonight. |  |
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| Aberfan... on 10:27 - Oct 21 with 471 views | giant_stow |
My Dad was a young reporter working for a local paper in the west country at the time - he got sent there to cover it. He didn't talk much about it in the following years, but I think it affected him hugely (and that's nothing compared to the families who lost loved ones). |  |
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| Aberfan... on 10:35 - Oct 21 with 440 views | BloomBlue |
| Aberfan... on 09:20 - Oct 21 by farkenhell |
I watched the documentary a couple of days ago. The way that the residents were treated before and after the disaster for many years by the National Coal Board, successive governments and people in authority was an absolute disgrace. |
The entire process after the disaster was criminal. Harold Wilson's government used some of the money donated by the public for the bereaved families to pay for removing the tip. I think they even planned to use some of that money to fight a court battle against the the bereaved families. Wilson was such a scumbag |  | | |
| Aberfan... on 15:08 - Oct 21 with 204 views | EdwardStone |
| Aberfan... on 10:35 - Oct 21 by BloomBlue |
The entire process after the disaster was criminal. Harold Wilson's government used some of the money donated by the public for the bereaved families to pay for removing the tip. I think they even planned to use some of that money to fight a court battle against the the bereaved families. Wilson was such a scumbag |
I very much doubt that Wilson was involved i making these decisions personally
My impression of him is that he was a decent, if slightly devious, man
However, this is a thread about those poor victims of Aberfan tragedy, not political jousting
R I P to all those that suffered in that terrible event |  | | |
| Aberfan... on 15:19 - Oct 21 with 184 views | WeWereZombies |
| Aberfan... on 09:17 - Oct 21 by Merthyrblue |
I recall the teacher at Gusford telling us about it and it left a mark on me. I never thought that later I'd spend over 30 years working in that locality. I know three of the children that survived personally. |
Similarly I remember the teacher at Castle Hill Primary telling us the morning after, I would have been nine years old I think. Even at that young age we could appreciate how awful it must have been for a tight knit community, the compassion for them was felt all across these islands. [Post edited 21 Oct 15:19]
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