Remembering Aberfan

Well said Maw xx

To Annie, love and prayers for eternal rest sent to them today and always. Xx

Thank you, Anniebach, for sending the flowers. It brought tears to my eyes. My thoughts are with you and all others remembering those events today.

Thanks for the flowers from us all. Take care Anniebach. What awful memories to live with.

I know my grandfather was involved searching for survivors after the famous pit disaster of Senghennydd 1913. What a huge number of people died to make so much money.

Today is A difficult day, faces and voices come to mind, sounds of the mothers, grandmothers sobbing, and the fathers and grandfathers, uncles, aunts, a very close community . And the silence when there was a whistle signaling a child could be heard , that silence was terrifying. The hope on faces when a little body was carried out.

When I joined this forum I sent flowers from the Grans of GransNet, I do so every year . Your flowers are in the memorial garden built on the site of the school.

It was a avoidable, and they never had justice

RIP

Like Septimia I remember my mum being profoundly upset at the time because she came from near there, though moved to London when I was born.

I believe the Queen's visit to Aberfan will be covered at some length in the next series of The Crown.

I too remember, the shock and the horror of that day. An avoidable tragedy which will be remembered for years to come.

I realised yesterday evening that today was the anniversary of those awful events. My thoughts are with all those who grieve and remember all those who lost their lives that terrible day.

I was mid-teens at the time. As Bathsheba says, it was one the most tragic events in our history. Although I had no relations there, my mum was upset because her grandmother and other members of the family had or still lived in Mountain Ash, not so very far away, so she felt some affinity with the people.

Just the mention of places in that area reminds me and makes me feel sad.

I remember clearly this day and watching the news unfold. It is a very sad day. RIP little ones.

One of the most tragic events in our history. Even after all these years I could sit and cry for the poor little innocent lives lost that day and, of course, for the adults. Such terrible suffering. for Annie and all who were affected by this.

I had only been at secondary school a year. I was shocked when I saw it on our black and white tv and cried. Heartbreaking event.

I'd only been at St Andrews uni for a couple of weeks at the time of the disaster.
It's one of those events where I know exactly where I was when I heard about it - rather like the assassination of JFK or 9/11.
As sad to think about today as it was then.
Annie

RIP little Angels ?
And RIP the 28 adults who also lost their lives on that terrible day?

How sad, how very sad. ?

I remember it very well, though I just watched it on television. Even as a teenager I was very moved and I have never forgotten Aberfan.

I remember seeing this in the news when I came home from school, something I will never forget RIP little children ??

I said a little prayer for them this morning - we must never forget!