Thursday, October 19, 2006
Aberfan anniversary
Its nearly 40 years since the dreadful Aberfan nightmare
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/5406352.stm
http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/politics/aberfan/home2.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/21/newsid_2705000/2705335.stm
It was the first time that a national disaster ever affected me...I remember my Mum being very upset , we had Welsh relatives and she always said she thought how it could have been me at that school.144 people died , 116 of them children .A shocking number that has never been repeated in UK history.It left an entire village without children ..and robbed me of my childhood innosence...
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