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Friday 27 April 2012

Aberfan

Aberfan. The horrible horrible mining disaster where the slag heap crashed down and buried a school, killing lots of children.

I was 4 at the time. I had nightmares about being covered in a slag heap for weeks after (I am Welsh by blood and had paternal family in Wales, mining and also some distant relatives lived in Aberfan ...maybe even of my very distant cousins died in that tragedy but I do not know as I was to young to remember and have no one to ask , now )

I do remember taking in a half crown to nursery later on for the Aberfan appeal.
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  1. Karin3 May 2012 at 08:47

    Have you come across this song about Aberfan? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huW-BgxAz9w Martyn was 6 at the time. It is a bit oblique, but I think it is a comment on the lack of help given by the state.

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