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    Aberfan

    October 21st 1966 - a date engrained in Wales' memory. On the last day before half term, a coal tip slid down the mountain engulfing Pantglas Junior School and a number of homes in Aberfan. 144 people were killed, 116 of them children. 50 years to the day, this documentary hears from those who were there, from families who live in Aberfan now and from those who've studied the background to the disaster and the fight for justice over half a century. "There was little we could do except dig." "You have to try and move on - but without forgetting the past."



    Festival
    Douglas 2017
    Title
    Aberfan
    Entry Category
    Radio Documentary
    Produced By
    BBC Radio Cymru
    Producer
    John Roberts
    Directed By
    Ann Fon Jones
    Writer
    Alun Thomass
    Broadcaster
    Radio Cymru