Aberfan Disaster Queen Elizabeth Visit

In 1973 the Queen revisited Aberfan to lay a wreath at the cross in the village cemetery. Queen Elizabeth really did wait eight long days to visit the site of an infamous coal-mining tragedy. Pin O…

Aberfan Disaster Queen Crying

This was one of the only disasters where the Queen has been photographed crying in front of the public only a single tear but she was said to be very. The devastating event which became known as the …

Aberfan Disaster Facts

The disaster in Aberfan in October 1966. Today is the anniversary of the Aberfan disaster a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in the Welsh village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil in 1966 t…

Aberfan Disaster Date

1 day agoThe Aberfan Disaster Tribunal chaired by Lord Justice Edmund Davies was established in 1966 finding the National Coal Board responsible saying nine of its staff as having some degree of. Pup…