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One of the most tragic mass murders.

My most vivid memory of Aberfan was the reporter from the BBC in tears. All those children smothered in wet black slag.

This has hit Hubby hard again. He was 6 years old when this happened and he knew that could've been him in that school.

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And the British coal board apparently never took responsibility for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👎👎👎

I was 9 attending Clydach Vale junior School in the Rhondda- not too far away as the crow flies - on that day. I had the chance a few years ago to visit the graveyard and it hit me really hard reading the names and ages of those children - that could have happened to my school. Heartbreaking

Just up the road from here 😔

Later was of course aberfan and the company I worked for, that had insisted everyone was to observe the 2 minute silence didn't even acknowledge aberfan, let alone mark it in any way. And that tells you all you need to know about class in Britain. Some people have a higher value than others.

Those were all very, very much tragedies. A very sad event or situation, especially one involving death or suffering.

Jesus that's some whataboutary. I'll be polite and say, yes I obviously know this. But as we all know the gov can commit murder too, as the British government has proven many times. But hey you enjoy that whataboutary 🤦🤦

Incompetence compounded by indifference and arrogance.

I was really young at the time when the news broke. I recall my parents been shocked, despite been 200 odd miles away at the A1 service station at Doncaster while travelling to County Durham. Such a sad day.

We remember, but governments do little to stop avoidable tragedies that befall ordinary people.

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No, it's not even close. Ortiz doesn't kill people. Not that Pedro Martinez didn't try.

so sad , 6 hours later they would of broken up for half term . 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💔