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21-10-2019, 12:24 PM
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Re: Aberfan.

I was too young to remember it but I know about the disaster.
My thoughts go out to the relatives. An awful event.
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21-10-2019, 12:31 PM
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Re: Aberfan.

Originally Posted by Floydy ->
I was too young to remember it but I know about the disaster.
My thoughts go out to the relatives. An awful event.
Same here Floydy.

I only know about it due to film footage and what people have told me. It must have been a terrible thing to watch unfold at the time.
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21-10-2019, 01:16 PM
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Re: Aberfan.

Dreadful event. Let's hope it never happens again.
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21-10-2019, 01:18 PM
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And attributable to lack of adequate maintenance of the spoil heaps as well as placement of the spoil heaps by the management of the nationalised coal industry.
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21-10-2019, 01:57 PM
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Re: Aberfan.

I remember that day. It was the year I got married.
Dreadful accident that should never have happened.
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21-10-2019, 02:00 PM
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Re: Aberfan.

A dreadful disaster, my thoughts are with those who lost loved ones.
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21-10-2019, 02:16 PM
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Re: Aberfan.

Originally Posted by Tiffany ->
I remember that day. It was the year I got married.
Dreadful accident that should never have happened.
Accident? No. Manslaughter.
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21-10-2019, 08:19 PM
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Not only did the bereaved have to cope with the knowledge that no-one received the slightest punishment for the 144 deaths, but an appeal fund for the villagers was plundered so what remained of the lethal tip could be removed.Your darling Harold Wilson and his Labour government didn't want to upset the NCB because they needed their help in running down the coal industry.Lord Robens of the NCB offered to resign but it was all pretend,he knew his job was safe.
 
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