27+ Aberfan 1966 Queen Gif. As the queen celebrates her 90th birthday, bbc wales takes a look back at the day she visited aberfan days in october 1966, 116 children and 28 adults died when a colliery spoil tip collapsed. The aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in wales on 21 october 1966.
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The queen and prince philip visit aberfan in 1966 in the aftermath of the disaster. The queen travelled to aberfan with prince philip on october 29. As you come together as a community today to mark fifty years since the dreadful events of friday 21st october 1966, i want you to know that you are in my own and my.
The queen and duke looking at the disaster scene from a.
The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the village of aberfan, near merthyr tydfil, and overlaid a natural spring. It has been said that queen elizabeth's biggest regret is her response to the aberfan disaster. The aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in wales on 21 october 1966. This clock stopped ticking at 9.13 on the morning of october 21, 1966.
