Remembering Aberfan

Another thank you from me Annie, thank you for the flowers and the thoughts from us all.
I was 13 years old when this tragedy occurred, and I remember so well the scenes on the news and the pictures in the newspaper.
Now I have four little grandchildren of my own, the thought of such a thing happening to them strikes fear into my heart. Those poor parents and grandparents, and the poor little children. There simply are no words even all these years later. RIP

Thank you Annie for your lovely gesture with the flowers from all of us. You deserve yourself for all the pain this tragedy must cause you, every year, over and over again.

Yes, I cried again and remember it well. My eldest D was 5 and gave in her 6pence pocket money at her school to which she received a letter of thanks.
It took a long time to get over the terrible tragedy and those of us who had small children at the time were reminded about all the children who lost their lives. It was a terrible time.
Thankyou for remembering, Annie x

Money was taken from the fund to remove the remaining tips,
Lord Robens was declared st the enquiry to be ‘economical with the truth ‘, there was a demand that he be removed as head of the N.C.B, he wasn’t. Harold Wilson snd the NUM kept him in his post

Thank you maw and Annie I remember the day so clearly. Was working in Cardiff and at first we thought was a pit disaster. I also clearly remember Lord Robens spouting off his sympathies and then fighting to avoid paying any compensation and even taking money from the fund to repair some of the damage.

Thank you for the reminder maw and the flowers annie x

Thank you MawB for this thread and Anniebach for the flowers xx

Thank you annie. Close to Mr C’s home, we never forget.

That's lovely, Anniebach.

I remember this happening. I was about 5 at the time. My mother was very upset and I can recall my parents discussing it.

I was petrified that this was going to happen at my school for quite a while after. It affected me and I was too young to understand exactly what had happened.

Recently I've seen footage of the funerals. How those people managed to be so composed I'll never know.

A truly tragic event

It was tragic. The tragedy also that one hour earlier the children would not have been at school and a few hours later they would have broken up for half term. In memoriam. x

We will always remember

Thank you Anniebach and to MawBroon for this thread.

We will always remember that dreadful time and will never forget those who lost their lives, their families and the whole community.

Thank you Annie

Well done Annieb for your kind gesture, and I hope that be doing it, you have some comfort from it too.
Some flowers for you only wish they could be real ones.
It was a terrible tragedy indeed.

How could anyone who was alive then ever forget it?

53 years does not seem possible as the memory is still so vivid.
Those children should have been joining us as grandparents now.

How wonderful to send flowers from us Annie thank you and from me for you.

My OH's family are from Aberfan, his mum and her siblings were born there, so it is always remembered with much sadness.
That's a lovely thing to do Annie.

May I explain about the flowers ? When I joined this forum there was a discussion about strikes , miners etc, Pit disasters came into it and Aberfan, I said I was from Aberfan, many spoke of the disaster and their feelings about it. When the anniversary was due I contacted HQ and asked if I could ask the forum if they would me to take flowers from us all (I could get home then ), many wanted me to so I have done so
every year, haven’t asked every year I just do it.

Annie, I am another who did not know of your lovely kind deed in sending flowers to the memorial garden.
Thank you, and for you from me.

I watched the t.v. documentary on the 50th anniversary, three years ago. Unbearably sad, and so moving hearing from bereaved parents, their quiet dignified grief.

Annie I didn't know about your kind gesture of sending flowers on behalf of Gransnetters.
Thank you so much

I was a child at school and unable to understand why the adults had let it happen.

It was such a horrible thing to happen. It still breaks my heart to think about the children and the village.

so sorry

What a lovely gesture, Anniebach. This is a tragedy which sticks in my mind too...so many individual stories of loss and grief. One of those events which will never be forgotten.

Oh yes that was awful. I had not long finished school and the news of that was dreadful. There was the "fight" the parents etc had to make to get people to take notice.