Aberfan

Heartbreaking
They lived,went to school and played together.How fitting that at rest they will for ever remain together.

It was so very sad,innocent little lives lost and heartbroken families.This is one of the reasons why I am now an atheist.

BEvan......not a Jenkins??? My granny used to manage the Windsor Pub.

Anniebach That was a particularly good performance of Myfanwy by the Pendyrus Choir The emotion they put into that! That song just finishes me off everytime.

The tradition of those Welsh male voice choirs is wonderful. If you can't afford entertainment go out and sing it's a relatively cheap way to enjoy your self.

So sad
Especially as it was avoidable
Can't begin to imagine how those people coped.
My grandfather's were both miners
One killed down there
Leaving a family of small children to scrape a living
A difficult and poorly paid job in those days. Here's to all those people of Aberfan who struggle through dark days.

Nellie, it is my all time favourite song but I didn't choose it for that reason, I looked for something in English as a tribute to all mining communities because several have spoken of their mining families, and Senghenydd has been spoken of several times

BBC2 are showing part of the concert which was performed at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff at 9.00pm this evening, Bryn Terfryl sings Myfanwy . I was told by some who attended the concert that it was a wonderful tribute but very emotional, Sir Karl Jenkins composed the most beautiful but haunting choral work and there is childrens choir of 118 children representing the 118 children who died that day

I played once or twice with someone from the Windsor pub. My name is/ was very unusual both Christian and surname so would identify me immediately. My uncle lived in Tan y Bryan .Up the hill nearly opposite the pub Do you remember Mutton Tump?

Tan y Bryn. Stupid iPad !

Don't know what to say it must have brought lots of memories back for you ?

Anniebach, I bought that CD of Cantata Memoria for my mum. She said it was very moving indeed.

We lived in Risca, which is about 15-16 miles from Aberfan. I was sixteen and in school when the news broke. When I got home, 2 of my 3 older brothers were there (I can't remember where the other one was) and we decided to get in the car and drive up there to see if we could help - but the roads were gridlocked and by the time we got to Aberfan the professional mines rescue teams had arrived and the police were turning volunteers back.