Link: https://nation.cymru/feature/cofiwn-sixty-years-on-aberfan-disaster-remembered-across-the-world-today/

Today, people across the world remember one of the greatest tragedies in Welsh history – the 1966 Aberfan disaster – which left a small mining village robbed of an entire generation.

On the morning of 21 October 1966, The children of Pantglas School, Aberfan were preparing for their school holidays with plans for a half day as an extra treat.

Heavy rain beforehand was nothing unusual for the community, but fog meant some pupils had yet to arrive when the final lines of All Things Bright and Beautiful had been sung out.

Moments later, an avalanche of 1.4 million cubic feet of coal waste made its way down the mountain, killing 116 children and 28 adults as it engulfed Pantglas Junior School and a row of houses.