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  1. Liam

    I've just watched the Aberfan scene of a recent episode of The Crown. What a very moving, poignant and well-executed scene of a TV drama. The producers got the rain and slag heaps to a tee, and I was speechless for several minutes after the heap had roared into the village and very sadly destroyed the school. It certainly raises awareness internationally of what was perhaps Britain's worst ever civilian tragic accident.

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      I also thought it was very moving. I remember the aftermath of the actual tragedy well, albeit from a distance, helping my father (a Valleys boy himself) raise money as part of the local Round Table group, for those affected by the disaster.

       

    2. Philou

      Philou

      I was still in school in Cardiff when it happened. Apart from the human tragedy of it all, what I took away from it was the terrible decision to use some of the monies collected for the Aberfan fund, to help pay to remove and secure the slag heap! It's not as if the profligate grubbymint of the day couldn't have paid for it anyway being as it was a nationalised industry. Sorry, rant over.

       

      Cheers,

       

      Philip

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