On October 21, 1966, a colliery spoil tip collapsed and slid down a mountainside into the village of Aberfan. It engulfed Pantglas Junior School and around 20 houses. 144 people were killed. 116 of them were children. Today we remember them. | WalesOnline
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On October 21, 1966, a colliery spoil tip collapsed and slid down a mountainside into the village of Aberfan. It engulfed Pantglas Junior School and around 20 houses. 144 people were killed. 116 of them were children. Today we remember them. | WalesOnline
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Scenes From Aberfan in 1966
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'Wales' mining communities are no stranger to tragedy.' Today marks 55 years since the coal tip disaster in Aberfan. The fatal collapse of the colliery spoil tip in 1966 tragically killed 116 children and 28 adults. | GB News
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'Wales' mining communities are no stranger to tragedy.' Today marks 55 years since the coal tip disaster in Aberfan. The fatal collapse of the colliery spoil tip in 1966 tragically killed 116 children and 28 adults. | GB News
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Wales will fall silent today as the country remembers the Aberfan disaster 50 years ago. On 21 October 1966, a mountain of coal waste slid and drove into a school and houses in the Welsh village, killing 144 people, including 116 children. John Humphrys was one of the first reporters on the scene, 50 years later he has returned to Aberfan. | BBC Breakfast
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Wales will fall silent today as the country remembers the Aberfan disaster 50 years ago. On 21 October 1966, a mountain of coal waste slid and drove into a school and houses in the Welsh village, killing 144 people, including 116 children. John Humphrys was one of the first reporters on the scene, 50 years later he has returned to Aberfan. | BBC Breakfast
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The Aberfan disaster is just one facet of the Welsh coal tragedy
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Today, we’re remembering all those whose lives were lost in the Aberfan disaster. #aberfan #aberfandisaster #merthyr #wales #history #historian #mining #coal #disaster #otd #onthisday #anniversary #politics | The Radical Tea Towel Company
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October 21, 1966. Aberfan, Wales. A colliery spoil tip collapsed, sending thousands of tons of mining waste down the hillside. 144 people died — 116 were children. A village destroyed in seconds. Most of the world barely remembers. History isn’t what you remember. Follow @TheHistoryYouMissed. #TheHistoryYouMissed #AberfanDisaster #ForgottenHistory #IndustrialAccidents #HiddenHistory
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Dedicated to the memory of the 144 people killed at Aberfan on an October morning exactly 55-years-ago. And to all those who never stopped grieving. | WalesOnline
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