Aberfan Disaster In Wales. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the village of aberfan near merthyr tydfil and overlaid a natural spring a period of heavy rain led to a build up of water within the tip which caused it to suddenly slide downhill as a slurry killing 116 children and 28 adults as it. The third season of the crown tackles a dark moment in the history of the united kingdom.
The disaster is depicted in detail on the. ˌabɛrˈvan is a former coal mining village in the taff valley 4 miles 6 km south of the town of merthyr tydfil wales. A lot of men shed tears that day ms williams from penydarren was one of four teachers who survived the disaster along with mair.
Disaster in the welsh valleys aberfan.
Titled aberfan the episode gives the viewer a look inside the catastrophic collapse that devastated the community of aberfan south wales in 1966. The third season of the crown tackles a dark moment in the history of the united kingdom. The aberfan disaster memorial fund which was set up on the day of the disaster raised the equivalent of 16 6 million in modern dollars. It is exactly 50 years since tragedy swooped down on aberfan killing 116 children and 28 adults.
