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Documentary about the tragedy which struck the Welsh mining village of Aberfan in 1966, when a mountain of coal slurry engulfed a school, claiming 144 lives, many of them children.

On October 21, 1966, the students and teachers of Pantglas Junior School in Aberfan, a small village in Wales, were about to begin their lessons when disaster struck. A nearby "spoil tip" (or surplus ...

THE CROWN season three is currently filming a pivotal scene in which the Netflix show is recreating the 1966 Aberfan disaster, and they have decided to shoot it 15 miles away from the original ...

But I cannot think of any better term than sacred to describe the 60 quietly shattering minutes of viewing that were Aberfan: The Green Hollow. BBC One Wales broadcast this film first on Friday, the ...

On 21 October 1966, the village was devastated when a colliery waste tip collapsed, with slurry engulfing Pantglas Junior School on the last day before half term. A total of 144 people died, 116 of ...

STARS of Netflix’s The Crown have been spotted recreating the Queen’s visit to the Aberfan disaster, described as the monarch’s biggest regret after she drew fury from the public for an apparent lack ...

Rescuers at the scene of the Aberfan disaster Welsh actors Michael Sheen, Sian Phillips and Jonathan Pryce are set to star in a 60 minute BBC film marking 50 years since the Aberfan disaster. Using ...

One of the most affecting episodes of The Crown season three focuses on the Aberfan disaster of 1966, in which 144 people, 116 of whom were children, were killed when a coal heap collapsed and ...

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