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Can you visit Aberfan cemetery?
There’s no visitor centre, no guides, and most certainly none of those secondary tourist traps like gift shops or on-site cafés. No, Aberfan’s two memorial sites are still pure grieving spaces. You can join, discreetly and quietly, but something like taking selfies here would be really unforgivable.
Where are the Aberfan victims buried?
The Aberfan Disaster Cemetery
The Aberfan Disaster Cemetery is the resting place for the victims of the tradgedy at Pantglas Junior School, which was destroyed in 1966 following the Aberfan disaster where a colliery spoil tip slid down the mountainside.
Is there a memorial for the Aberfan disaster?
“The Aberfan Memorial Garden stands on the site of the former Pantglas Junior School and commemorates the 116 children and 28 adults who died in the Aberfan Disaster of 21 October 1966.
Where is Aberfan located?
AberfanSouth Wales
Aberfan disaster/Location
What is Aberfan like today?
Aberfan is a place where children come to play from the valleys around. Aberfan is where the River Taff, once black with industrial filth, runs so clear that otters and kingfishers have returned.
When was the Aberfan memorial garden?
21 October 1966
A community garden, created to remember the victims of the Aberfan disaster of 21 October 1966 when 144 people died, including 116 children. The garden is on the site of Pantglas Junior School which was engulfed by colliery waste slipping down from the hill above. B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 11 June 2010.
Is Aberfan still a mining town?
Aberfan (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌabɛrˈvan]) is a former coal mining village in the Taff Valley 4 miles (6 km) south of the town of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.
Did Prince Philip attend Aberfan funeral?
He said: “The Queen and Prince Philip went into a nearby house after visiting the cemetery where the children were buried. “She was really upset and she had to compose herself before she went on to the meet the families who had lost children and relatives.
Has anyone been pulled alive from Aberfan?
Elsewhere Jeff, the last child to be pulled from the rubble alive, lay alongside a little girl who had died next to him. The image of her face haunted him for years after the tragedy.