At around quarter past nine on the morning of Friday 21 October 1966, disaster struck the coal mining village of Aberfan in South Wales. What began as a typical morning 56 years ago escalated quickly ...

The 1966 Welsh mining tragedy claimed the lives of 116 children and 28 adults and features heavily in the third season of Netflix’s “The Crown” Based on a True Story Meilan Solly - Senior Associate ...

Catching up on previous seasons of The Crown before diving into season five? If you're in search of information about the real life Aberfan disaster, read on for our story from 2019: On October 21, ...

The Queen didn't visit the site of the coal mining village tragedy until eight days after it occurred Simon Perry is a writer and correspondent at PEOPLE. He has more than 25 years’ experience at ...

Children, and schools, are potent symbols of victimhood in industrial disasters. In the case of historical industrial disasters such as Aberfan and Flixborough, and in terms of preparation for future ...

I must admit that as an amateur expert on horrible disasters (I refuse to call this particular one a “natural” disaster, as the National Coal Board was entirely to blame and also refused to give all ...

A disaster at Aberfan, a small Welsh community, almost 60 years ago forged an unusual link between the community and the queen. The atmosphere there today — quiet grief coupled with brief flashes of ...

More than 50 years ago, Aberfan, a small coal mining town in Wales, was irreversibly changed in a few minutes when 144 people, mostly school children, were killed by a coal-waste landslide. What made ...

A group of players from an ex-mining village's growing football club has come together to remember the victims of one of Wales' biggest mining disasters. Aberfan FC's new women's team joined with ...

At around quarter past nine on the morning of Friday 21 October 1966, disaster struck the coal mining village of Aberfan in South Wales. What began as a typical morning escalated quickly into tragedy ...