At around quarter past nine on the morning of Friday 21 October 1966, disaster struck the coal mining village of Aberfan in South Wales. What began as a typical morning 56 years ago escalated quickly ...

At around quarter past nine on the morning of Friday 21 October 1966, disaster struck the coal mining village of Aberfan in South Wales. What began as a typical morning 56 years ago escalated quickly ...

The Prince and Princess of Wales headed to Aberfan in South Wales to pay their respects to the families who lost children in the 1966 disaster Kate Middleton and Prince William are paying respects to ...

Martin Johnes' research on the Aberfan disaster was funded by the ESRC. On October 21, 1966, a coal tip on the hillside above the town of Aberfan in south Wales collapsed, creating a tidal wave of ...

Survivors of the Aberfan disaster in Wales 55 years ago have said they were subjected as children to stressful medical tests, described by one as “torture”. On 21 October 1966, 116 children and 28 ...

The tribute will mark 60 years since 116 children and 28 adults lost their lives when a massive coal spoil collapsed and ...

Merthyr Vale Colliery was a coal mining facility above the town of Aberfan (Wales, England). For approximately 50 years, millions of cubic metres of debris from the mine had been deposited on the side ...

This year marks 50 years since the Aberfan disaster. On October 21, 1966, after several days of heavy rain, the children of Aberfan village, near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, had just arrived in their ...

In a recent Chapel message here at the University of Valley Forge, Rev. Carl Colletti, chairman of the Board of Trustees, shared a story that grabbed my attention then and holds it to this day. He ...

Residents who live near disused coal tips in South Wales say lessons have not been learned from the Aberfan disaster nearly 60 years on. Their comments come after a disused coal tip in Cwmtillery, ...