Aberfan Cemetery, Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United.
The Aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip at around 9:15 am on 21 October 1966. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the Welsh village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil, and overlaid a natural spring.A period of heavy rain led to a build-up of water within the tip which caused it to suddenly slide downhill as a slurry, killing 116 children and 28.The Prince of Wales at the Aberfan Memorial Garden in Aberfan, Wales on the 50th anniversary of the tragedy. Aberfan, Wales - Friday 21st October 2016 - Relatives and villagers attend the cemetery in Aberfan to mark the 50th Anniversary of the terrible tragedy that took place on 21st October 1966. 144 people including 116 young children were killed when a mountain of coal waste slid down into.Aberfan Cemetery located in the quiet South Wales Valleys a few miles South from Merthyr Tydfil. The cemetery attracts many people who flock from all over the world to visit the graves of the 116 children and 28 adults that tragically lost their lives in the Aberfan Disaster on 21st October 1966. Traditionally a heavy mining town in the past.
It is exactly 50 years since tragedy swooped down on Aberfan killing 116 children and 28 adults. The story of what happened in the south Wales mining village of Aberfan is a devastating one which.The Aberfan Memorial Charity's charitable objectives: A) for the maintenance and repair of the memorial garden and of the memorial in the cemetery at aberfan and for the upkeep of the said cemetery, particularly of the graves therin of victims of the aberfan disaster.b) for the relief in need of all thosE who have suffered as a result of the aberfan diaster.(for full details see clause 18 of.
This is a beautiful well kept memorial garden built on the site of Pantglas school. A short walk away, further up the hillside, are the graves of those lost that terrible day. The sight of those arches above the graves is simply breath taking. To see as many arches shows the.
