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21-10-2014, 08:08 PM
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Aberfan.

48 years ago ,116 children and 28 adults died when a coal slurry engulfed the school at Aberfan.
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21-10-2014, 08:35 PM
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Re: Aberfan.

Is it really 48 years ago today Rae, I remember it well
It was the first time I had seen reporters cry on TV ....
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21-10-2014, 08:38 PM
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Re: Aberfan.

Crikey I would not have said it was so long ago. What a terrible tragedy it was.
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21-10-2014, 08:51 PM
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Re: Aberfan.

I well remember it. I was a coal miner at the time and people were making a collection on the Friday......pay day.
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21-10-2014, 09:06 PM
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Re: Aberfan.

I remember it well. I was eight at the time. We were in the school "huts" that were added on in the school grounds. Two new classrooms. We'd seen it on the news and our teacher spoke about it next day and I can remember it vividly. We had a collection to send to the families. God bless them all.
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21-10-2014, 09:20 PM
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Re: Aberfan.

What a tragic day that was, those scenes are still imprinted on my mind
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21-10-2014, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Mags ->
What a tragic day that was, those scenes are still imprinted on my mind
Yes Mags, I think that was the first tragedy I'd ever experienced in my life at that time. It was awful.
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21-10-2014, 10:30 PM
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Still fixed in my mind, i remember reading about it while i was on my paper delivery round. An awful tragedy, cant believe it was so long ago.
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21-10-2014, 11:11 PM
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Re: Aberfan.

An awful tragedy .... it doesn't seem that long ago ...
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22-10-2014, 07:35 AM
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Re: Aberfan.

It was my 13th birthday so how could I forget it?
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