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 This sort of thing happened regularly in the Welsh valleys. The waste tips above
the old collieries were notoriously unstable and shamefully neglected; they were
slipping and sliding all the time. If the slag heaps never kiiled people
thousands have died in the mines.
No-one was prosecuted despite the damming report and only a paltry
£500 was paid in compensation for each child. However Judgment day
comes for all, and those who were responsible will be judged, and
sent to hell !
It is rare these days to see men with black lines on
the backs of their hands, coughing and cursing the dust. And the village is
clean once more with the rivers crystal clear.
The tips have vanished or been grassed over. The valley is green
once again.
Forgotten ? Never, etched in the mind forever more..
October 21, 1966
Aberfan Coal Mines
Slag Heap Shale
Cracks Land Slide
Farm Cottage
Pantglas School
Tribunal Ncb
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