Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of this horrible tragedy which killed 144 people, 116 of them children.
This website will tell you more about it, be warned that it isn't nice reading -
http://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/politics/aberfan/chap1.htm
On Tuesday Cardiff and Southampton fans raised nearly 5 grand to go towards the upkeep of the graves, which gets no public funding. Norwich have agreed to have a minutes silence and wear black armbands for the game on saturday.
Saddest.Quote.Ever.
Quote:
We didn't go out to play for a long time because those who'd lost their own children couldn't bear to see us. We all knew what they were feeling and we felt guilty about being alive.
Pupil, Pantglas Junior School
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