Occurring 49 years and 5,600 miles apart, the #ToxicLegacy of mining disasters in Aberfan & Mariana unites two communities in struggle.
In 2023, campaigners from @mab.org.br visited Aberfan in Wales to build solidarity between communities who've fought to hold mining companies to account.
In 2023, campaigners from @mab.org.br visited Aberfan in Wales to build solidarity between communities who've fought to hold mining companies to account.
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Cofiwch Aberfan ac eraill ❤️
Never again.
Never again.
Coal mining shaped the south Wales valleys but it also left a dangerous legacy.
Abandoned coal tips still threaten our communities, as shown by recent landslides.
The UK Government must commit to fully funding remediation work.
✍️ @anndaviesplaid.bsky.social
Abandoned coal tips still threaten our communities, as shown by recent landslides.
The UK Government must commit to fully funding remediation work.
✍️ @anndaviesplaid.bsky.social
Warnings of another Aberfan must come with action – the safety of our communities is Westminster’s duty | Parliament Politics Magazine
Coalmining has defined the south Wales valleys for centuries, with towns and villages built on pride, community and hard work by generation after generation.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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I was seventeen years old and still at school on 21 October 1966, the day before half term, when a huge coal waste tip, unable to absorb weeks of heavy rain, high on the hills above the Welsh valleys'village of Aberfan, collapsed, engulfing the village school
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November 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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On his ninth birthday, Julian Cope was at his grandmother's house in rural Wales. That same day, 116 children and 28 adults were killed just a few miles away in the Aberfan disaster: www.theguardian.com/music/2008/a...
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Aberfan.
Never again.
Never again.
November 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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November 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Funny what people remember, 1965 Capel Celyn drowned for the benefit of Liverpool, 1966 Aberfan disaster ,community badly let down by Wilson's government in the aftermath, seems like nothing changes, Labour UK has always worked for the benefit of England
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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With Halloween in mind, this is the Aberfan disaster in South Wales in 1966. Huge mounds of debris from coal mining broke loose and like mud it flowed through Aberfan killing 144 people...
October 31, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Rich, white, noble, elderly people fail upward. Thatcher had been doing it since Aberfan.
The King approves of Farage and his sleazy Russian rubles more than Abdrew.
The King approves of Farage and his sleazy Russian rubles more than Abdrew.
October 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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The contempt the British state has held people in: a series. In 1966 after the Aberfan coal tip disaster killed 144 people including 116 children the National Coal Board denied wrongdoing & offered £50 compensation per dead child; raising this to £500. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
The idolatry of victimhood
An obsession with victims leads to bad policy, dire politics and more pain
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October 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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I was born in 1961. My formative years were shaped by Ian Brady, Myra Hindley, and Aberfan: my parents were reluctant to let me out of their sight until I went to university.
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Merthyr Tydfil (could only find the six largest)
❌ Merthyr Tydfil
❌ Treharris
❌ Troed-y-rhiw/Pentrebach
❌ Aberfan
❌ Trelewis
❌ Bedlinog
Monmouthshire
❌ Abergavenny
✅ Chepstow
❌ Monmouth
❌ Caldicot
❌ Undy/Magor
❌ Usk
❌ Gilwern
❌ Llanfoist
❌ Rogiet
❌ Portskewett
❌ Merthyr Tydfil
❌ Treharris
❌ Troed-y-rhiw/Pentrebach
❌ Aberfan
❌ Trelewis
❌ Bedlinog
Monmouthshire
❌ Abergavenny
✅ Chepstow
❌ Monmouth
❌ Caldicot
❌ Undy/Magor
❌ Usk
❌ Gilwern
❌ Llanfoist
❌ Rogiet
❌ Portskewett
October 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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In the morning twenty years later Snowdon took this.
October 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Aberfan - Valley Of Sorrow (1966)
YouTube video by British Pathé
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October 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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i've left it on because it sounds nice and they're doing wholesome things like restoring furniture from aberfan
October 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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I lived in Wales for a while and remembering Aberfan was a big thing every year. I know there were a couple of plays. And a rather good episode of The Crown.
October 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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The one thing that the British state is really good at is making sure that those at the top never face justice for the decisions/criminal behaviour they engage in. From Aberfan to Ibrox and from Hillsborough to Grenfell the same tactics-Delay, deny and smear for decades. #bbclaurak
October 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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The Three Liars. Our research we found them all: Fakers! Hiders! Deniers! Will Hillsborough Law make them come clean?
#ukpolitics #Labour #hillsboroughlaw #LiverpoolFC #postofficescandal #infectedblood #nucleartestveterans #labrats #aberfan #grenfelltower
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#ukpolitics #Labour #hillsboroughlaw #LiverpoolFC #postofficescandal #infectedblood #nucleartestveterans #labrats #aberfan #grenfelltower
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The Three Liars! Can Hillsborough Law stop them?
YouTube video by Centre for Peoples Justice
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October 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Direct from a run at @edfringe.bsky.social, Mr Jones, about the Aberfan disaster, opens at @finboroughtheatre.bsky.social 28 Oct-22 Nov.
Directed by Michael Neri, Mr Jones is the debut work of Liam Holmes who reprises his role in the show alongside Mabli Gwynne. Presented by WilMas Productions.
Directed by Michael Neri, Mr Jones is the debut work of Liam Holmes who reprises his role in the show alongside Mabli Gwynne. Presented by WilMas Productions.
October 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The Marcher Lords, Edward I, Acts of Union, Welsh Not, Blue Books, Maggie Thatcher, you took one hell of a beating!
Prince of Wales Colliery, Gresford, Senghenydd, Treweryn, Aberfan, and other injustices - this is to your memory.
The spirit of Owain Glyndŵr is rising once again! 💪🏻🏴
Prince of Wales Colliery, Gresford, Senghenydd, Treweryn, Aberfan, and other injustices - this is to your memory.
The spirit of Owain Glyndŵr is rising once again! 💪🏻🏴
October 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Number of people killed in the Aberfan disaster: 144
Number of people prosecuted: 0
of which sent to prison: 0
Number of people prosecuted: 0
of which sent to prison: 0
October 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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