The tip has come down on the school"; the fire brigade, based in Merthyr Tydfil, received a call at about the same time. Again, figures thrown around by the newspapers said that 194 pupils were being taught close by at Troedyrhiw - some might consider that all the pupils of the senior school were survivors because they "could have been caught up in it".While some of the survivors came from large families, who have since grown up, married and had children of their own - some even with the parents still alive, other victims who died were only children and their parents have both since passed on, often gone to an early grave.One Doctor said at a previous anniversary that he knew of at least 20 adults who'd died prematurely as a result of the tragedy - from broken hearts, or illnesses brought on by the stress.In those households there are no survivors who can now tell their story; their stories will never be collected and heard, unless they were written down at the time.... but the mid to late 60s weren't a time for self-publishing. People kept their grief to themselves.It should also be remembered that a lot of the parents who lost children had themselves already just lived through world war two - and the grandparents of those children who died will have lived through both world wars.

If it were within my power I would love my ashes to be scattered nearby so that I could share forever the loss.It is confusing with 'survivors'; Some press reports make it sound as if only 25 were left in the entire village, but it means 25 of a possible 200 in attendance from the Jnr school? Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners.

About 50 of the survivors were on a bus that was running late as it was foggy that morning; they survived by not being present - is that a survivor?The Senior School was mainly left intact, the children who died and attended the Senior School were mostly swept away from the surrounding road as they approached the school.

There are two tips right at the top of the old tip, to be seen glaring at us every day, full of threat. What is a Public Name? As 'everybody' had a story to tell, you don't tell your story...Nearly every house in the whole village had a story, or were close to somebody who did. He telephoned A makeshift mortuary was set up in the village's Bethania Chapel on 21 October and operated until 4 November, 250 yards (229 m) from the disaster site; members of the By the morning of Saturday 22 October, 111 bodies had been excavated, of which 51 had been identified.

I was 5 years' old at the time, and in England we were on half term holiday; my mother and myself were watching something on the old black and white TV when news of this disaster came through: I did not fully understand as I was so young, but I do now, and and the name 'Aberfan' still haunts me, the following Thursday (27th), I lost my Father to leukemia, It is hard to think that these events took place 50 years ago, I for one, will never forget them.Thank you for this interesting view of Aberfan survivors.

The pupils of Pantglas Junior School had arrived only minutes earlier for the last day before the half-term holiday, which was due to start at 12.00 pm.

The remaining tips were removed only after a lengthy fight by Aberfan residents, against resistance from the NCB and the government on the grounds of cost. At 9:25 am Merthyr Tydfil police received a phone call from a local resident who said "I have been asked to inform that there has been a landslide at Pantglas. Tips 4, 5 and 7 had been sited on streams or springs.Aberfan is in an area of relatively high rainfall, an average of 60 inches (1,500 mm) a year. - Most of the Seniors did escape, thankfully, & children too young to be at school, unless caught up in the slip.

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