Who remembers this Tragedy ?

[yeseye]

I were always led to believe it were solely or just mainly rag United Cunts that mocked it in 74 !?

Unfortunately I heard it in the Kippax also,
It would have been ‘85’ ish
when playing a Welsh club.

 

[Maintainin]

Unfortunately I heard it in the Kippax also,
It would have been ‘85’ ish
when playing a Welsh club.

Crazy times.

 

[yeseye]

Crazy times.

Wild..

 

[Jimmieblue]

I remember it, probably the worst tragedy to hit the country since the war. Little children …… how the community and emergency services coped was truly breathtaking. No such thing then as PTSD, but how many people must have suffered that.

 

[give it to gordon]

I was 6 and vaguely remember seeing this

 

[Always Ali]

Unfortunately I heard it in the Kippax also,
It would have been ‘85’ ish
when playing a Welsh club.

Swansea, I remember hearing at the time stood in The Kippax and not really understanding the reference....my dad, sat in The Main Stand, was raging about it.

Unfortunately I heard it in the Kippax also,
It would have been ‘85’ ish
when playing a Welsh club.

 

[levets]

Yes today's the anniversary, 58 years ago. You look at the pictures and it seems a different era but some on here would be the same age as those children and they could have been my older brother or sister.

I remember it as though it was yesterday, despite being a child myself. I was 7 yrs old; the same as many of those children that perished. Never forget.
It was totally preventable.

 

[mackenzie]

I don't remember it as I was too young, but I've read books about it. There's also a YouTube documentary that I saw only a few months ago.
It was horrific and, as other posters have already said, an accident waiting to happen
In fact, scrub that, it was much more than that and, as the documentary showed, some people got away with manslaughter at best.

 

[levets]

Aberfan… The untold story. Very sad. It’s a ‘must see’. Poor people

 

[mackenzie]

Aberfan… The untold story. Very sad. It’s a ‘must see’. Poor people

The row of children's graves in the cemetery is testament to the sheer negligence of those that should have faced charges