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World Service,21 Oct 2016,9 mins

The Aberfan Disaster

Witness History

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On 21st October 1966, tragedy struck a village in Wales when a landslide of coal waste engulfed a primary school. 144 people, most of them children, were killed. Rob Walker introduces interviews and reports from the BBC archive to commemorate the disaster. Photo: Rescue workers trying to reach children trapped in Pantglas Junior school. Credit: Press Association.

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