KateCelynOct 21, 2025

Daily #Wales. Cofiwch Aberfan.

On this day in 1966, the waste tips began to move and slid down to the village, burying the school where the day had just started.

We were miles and miles away and I was small, but my parents were teachers they never forgot this day.

Show threadLesley Shashaty
@KateCelyn I was nine and living in England. I had night terrors afterwards for a while. Your post has brought a physical change to my breathing even all these years later. Looking back, think it was an important boost to my empathy.
Oct 21, 2025 at 1:31pmWeb
Show threadKateCelynOct 21, 2025
@LShashaty I remember it too - I think lots of us smaller people did, because it happened to people like us or our friends and siblings. As village kids, we did a trick and treat collection for the support fund on Halloween - our suggestion (well, the older ones), endorsed by the parents.