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The Aberfan Disaster Memorial Fund (ADMF) was established on the day of the disaster. It received nearly 88,000 contributions, totalling £1.75 million. The remaining tips were removed only after a lengthy fight by Aberfan residents against resistance from the NCB and the government on the grounds of cost.
Aberfan (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌabɛrˈvan]) is a former coal mining village in the Taff Valley 4 mi (6 km) south of the town of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. On 21 October 1966, in the Aberfan disaster , a colliery spoil tip collapsed into homes and a school, killing 116 children and 28 adults.
On 21 October 1966, a colliery spoil tip on a hill above the Welsh village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil collapsed, killing 116 children and 28 adults. [1] More than 1.4 million cubic feet (40,000 cu metres) of debris covered a section of the village in minutes.
Some of the 116 children killed in the Aberfan disaster were taken to the now derelict Capel Aberfan.
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Nansi Williams (1922–1966) was a school dinner lady at Pantglas Junior School in Aberfan, Wales.She was killed in the Aberfan disaster of 1966, but saved the lives of five children by shielding them from the flow of slurry which struck the town after a spoil tip collapsed.
He led people through smoke and fire to safety, to an “after” he would never know: a day after, a month after, a year after, 23 years after.
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