Get Aberfan Wales Today Background. The aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in the welsh village of aberfan, near merthyr tydfil, on 21 october 1966, which killed 116 children and 28 adults. A woman carries flowers as wales falls silent and the country remembers the aberfan.
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A woman carries flowers as wales falls silent and the country remembers the aberfan. Weather in wales, united kingdom. Find what to do today, this weekend or in september.
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Schoolteacher who led pupils to safety in aberfan disaster dies aged 86. Rennie will be sadly missed but never forgotten here in aberfan. It was a normal october day for a small mining village, where it had been raining for what seemed like forever. Rescuers dig at the site of the aberfan slagheap disaster, which killed 144 people on this day in 1966.source 1966: