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Position:Home>History> When was the Welsh slag heap disaster?Question: When was the Welsh slag heap disaster!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 21st of october 1966 edit, why have I got a thumbs down!?Www@QuestionHome@Com Fortytwo years ago October 21 1966 - October 21 2008 Aberfan 1966 The Aberfan disaster occurred at 9:15am on Friday October 21st 1966!. Coal waste from the mountain above the village rushed down the mountain, !.!.!. http://www!.agor!.org!.uk/cwm/themes/events!.!.!. The Aberfan disaster!. http://www!.nuffield!.ox!.ac!.uk/politics/ab!.!.!. Aberfan BBC http://news!.bbc!.co!.uk/onthisday/hi/dates!.!.!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Like Smike I was a teenager then and at school in England!.I remember that evening well!. Of course there was no instant news then and it was not till I got home and received a tearful hug fro my Mum that I first heard about it!. I was involved with a youth club then and it was the worst night at the club ever!. Www@QuestionHome@Com I was a teenager living in the US at the time and our local paper published the school photo of all those lost children - I've never forgotten them!. All things British were gilded with gold in the 60's, but the Aberfan disaster really struck our hearts!.Www@QuestionHome@Com If you mean Aberfan it was 21st October 1966!. The event made a great impression on me because I was ten years old at the time, the same age as many of the children who were killed!. I often wonder what they would be doing now if they had lived!.Www@QuestionHome@Com If you are talking about 'ABERFAN DISASTER' it was on 21st October 1966!. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/AberfanWww@QuestionHome@Com if you mean the Aberfan disaster it was 21 October 1966 surely you could have googled that yourselfWww@QuestionHome@Com 21ain o hydref yn un naw chwech chwech Aberfan 21st of october nineteen sixty six Www@QuestionHome@Com Aberfan in 66, those poor kids,i would have given back the world cup for those parents to be spared their pain!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Aberfan - 1966!Www@QuestionHome@Com It was October 21st 1966!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |