Aberfan

Anniebach

I wish they were real ones

and then to make the village pay towards moving the remaining tips was so wrong
I haven't watched the programme yet but I will do, but I did see the clip of George Thomas (later Lord Tonypandy) saying that charity money collected for the village should be used to clearing the rest of the tips.
I had forgotten that.

I hadn't forgotten it Jalima, I will try to,post a link to show the memorial garden and the graves are kept as they were when first erected ,

youtu.be/w8E1hau9UUo

A beautiful place, a place to remember and reflect.

Thank you Anniebach

Thank you Jalima, I just wanted to show how the money was used and still is used

My grandfather knew George Thomas well, from their youth. Grandpa wrote to GT after the suggestion that the tips were cleared using the charity funds, to tell GT exactly what he thought of him. It wasn't polite.

Anniebach, what time is the minutes silence tomorrow, please?

Good for your grandfather Sue.

Well there is much sadness in Aberfan but there are some very happy little bunnies in the junior school - the Welsh rugby team visited them today

I will be thinking of all those children and their families tomorrow. I was 19 at the time and I remember my then boyfriends mother sobbing and then being so angry, saying that it was a disaster which could/should have been avoided if people had only listened. It is one of the standout memories of my teens. Thoughts with you especiallyAnniebach

I remember my dear old Welsh granny. She was devastated by the Aberfan disaster. She just sat and sobbed. She had grown up in a village like Aberfan . I can see her in her chair to this day. What sad, awful times. I have just watched the programme and was struck by the dignity of the mothers of the village and the closeness of the community. Different times and a disaster that could have been easily prevented if someone had had the will.

Sneaked a glance across at DH as I was watching this, thinking he was reading. Tears running down his cheeks too.
Anniebach I have no deep words to express my sorrow and anger in equal measure for the sheer waste of life - for those who lost their lives and their futures, for those who lost their loved ones , for those who survived and had to live with the consequences but also my anger for the disgusting cover up afterwards. It should never have happened, the NCB were guilty men and their behaviour was shameful.

wot, the minutes silence is at 9.15am , the time the tip hit the school and houses. There is a service at that time up the cemetery .

Lully, it would have cost them money so they ignored the many complaints , there was water seeping into the road over seventy years ago when my dad was a pupil and still leaking when I was a pupil .

There are no tips there now so it's a case of How Green Is My Valley now, but - How Happy Was My Valley

You have all been so kind to my beloved village and to me , thank you

I remember hearing the news on the day, such a tragedy. The people of Aberfan who lost their lives, and their families, will be in my thoughts tomorrow.

Having seen it on Iplayer yesterday I just could not face watching it again. OH will have to do it on catchup. It has made me feel very sad all this week.

There is programme tomorrow night called Green Hollow, thought you may like to know in Welsh it means Pantglas which is the name of the school

Watched the Hugh Edwards prog. on catch-up and it all became dreadfully clear!
My thoughts will be with you Anniebach and the many from the village who suffered because arrogant men refused to acknowledge that there was a problem, tried to shift the blame when it became clear that there had been one, and then had the effrontery to suggest how the charity money should be spent.

Just listened to a moving item on Radio 4.

Nothing whatsoever on London Tv today except highlights of the concert. They have mentioned Aberfan on Breakfast this morning and John Humphrys did quite a good piece.
My daughter will record lots for me.
God Bless all in Aberfan today

Yes indeed, God Bless all in Aberfan, they are not forgotten.

So much sorrow anniebach, my thoughts are with all those affected by this dreadful event. I was at school that morning and a special assembly was called to tell us what had happened. I have never forgotten.

Thinking of you today anniebach and all those who, like you, have suffered

gettingonabit and anniebach. Thank you for reminding us. Thinking of all those lost and those left behind today. ?

Annie;My computer stopped working yesterday so I'm catching up with all this today. I watched the programme last night; didn't intend to...felt it would be too painful, but it was very sensitively done and, after watching the first few minutes couldn't move from my seat; I was transfixed. I was thinking of you throughout the programme....knowing that you would have known all the people in it. It made me want to go to the memorial garden and lay some flowers one day, so thank you so much for arranging some gransnet flowers. It was strange seeing people being interviewed that have been faceless and nameless to me for the intervening years.There's no such thing as a'good' accident, but accidents that should never have happened are by far and away the worst . I'll go and light one of my candles now....love and hugs to you..

Thank you Tegan, l too light candles , the light which glows in the darkest of times.

Well, I went home , was at the memorial garden for the minutes silence , very peaceful , many tears flowed . Then went up to the cemetery , families of those who died were there, lots of flowers ,ours was among them .

The village had rather a lot of police around the centre and the garden because Charles was visiting. Tv cameras seemed everywhere .

There is still anger, the programme on the enquiry brought back the injustice .

Chatted to relatives and friends , they were moved that so many around the country remembered the children ,those who survived and those who died .

I am now glad I went, I got the courage from here , told myself I was there for my family now dead and for those here who care so much for the people of Aberfan

Thank you x

I have found myself thinking a lot about it today. It feels different at the age I am now to when I was a busy teenager with less understanding of life, 50 years ago.