Archived photographs of the Aberfan disaster, where 144 people, mostly schoolchildren under the age of 10, died, have been released ahead of the tragedy’s 60th anniversary.
October 21, 1966, began much like any other day in the small coal mining village near Merthyr Tydfil, with pupils of Pantglas Junior School preparing for their final day of school ahead of the half-term.
But after three weeks of heavy rainfall, a tragedy that would mark the Valleys forever would soon strike. And at 9.15am, coal tip No.7 collapsed, sending 150,000 tonnes of slurry barrelling into the primary school as well as 19 homes on
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