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village and donors grew about how the money in the fund would be used: some felt it should be used to compensate the bereaved, whilst others felt it should benefit the wider community. The funds paid for the memorial garden and cemetery along with other facilities to aid the regeneration of Aberfan both physically and emotionally.
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The slide destroyed a farm and 20 terraced houses along Moy Road, and struck the northern side of the Pantglas Junior School and part of the separate senior school, demolishing most of the structures and filling the classrooms with thick mud and rubble up to 10 m (33 ft) deep. Mud and water
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Early on the morning of Friday, 21 October 1966, after several days of heavy rain, a subsidence of about 3–6 metres occurred on the upper flank of colliery waste tip No. 7. At 9:15 a.m. more than 150,000 cubic metres of water-saturated debris broke away and flowed downhill at high speed. A mass
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immediately launched a disaster fund to aid the village and the bereaved. By the time the fund closed in January 1967, nearly 90,000 contributions had been received, totalling £1,606,929. The fund's final sum was approximately £1,750,000 (equivalent to £40 million in 2023). The concerns of the
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Chapel was built in 1876 and rebuilt in 1885. At the time of the Aberfan disaster in 1966 the chapel was used as a temporary mortuary where victims were taken to be identified by relatives. The chapel was demolished in 1967 and a new chapel erected in 1970. By 2007 the chapel had fallen into
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limestone memorials erected shortly after the disaster began to deteriorate, and in 2007 the Aberfan Memorial Charity refurbished the garden area, including all of the archways and memorials. The weathered masonry was replaced with polished pearl white
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Between 1952 and 1965, with mountains denuded there was severe flooding in the Pantglas area of Aberfan on at least 11 occasions. By 1966 the population had grown to approximately 5,000, most of whom were employed in the coal industry.
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A memorial garden was opened on the site of Pantglas Primary School, which was destroyed during the disaster. The park was partly opened by the Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, on her visit to Aberfan in 1974.
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saw a condemnation order by a buildings inspector and a refusal by the insurers to renew the building's insurance. In 2012, the building was offered for sale. A subsequent arson attack in 2015 caused yet further damage.
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Aberfan has two primary schools: Ynysowen Primary School adjacent to the Grove Field; and Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Rhyd y Grug, which has moved to the previously occupied Ynysowen Primary School building.
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in August 1999. After the Aberfan disaster, the chapel was furnished with a memorial organ by the Queen. The chapel was restored in the early 21st century but an outbreak of
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The Aberfan Memorial Charity was founded in 1989 and is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the cemetery and memorial garden.
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Aberfan & Merthyr Vale Community Centre: opened in 1973 with a swimming pool, fitness room, weights room, café and a hall.
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The Coventry Playground was built in 1972 on the site of the old Merthyr Vale School, with money collected by the people of
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For many years, millions of cubic metres of excavated mining debris from the colliery were deposited on the side of
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Aberfan consisted of two cottages and an inn frequented by local farmers and bargemen until 23 August 1869, when
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style. The foundation stone was laid by Sarah Griffiths, wife of the owner of the Aberfan Estate. It became a
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from the slide flooded many other houses in the vicinity, forcing many villagers to evacuate their homes.
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road, but its nearest junction is 4 mi (6.4 km) north of the village. Aberfan is served by
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of over 40,000 cubic metres of debris slid into the village in a slurry 12 m (39 ft) deep.
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White arches in Bryntaf Cemetery, Aberfan, mark the graves of the children killed in the disaster
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Report of the Tribunal Appointed to Inquire into the Disaster at Aberfan on October 21st, 1966
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Chapel, built in 1877, which is now closed and is used as a community centre, and the Zion
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disrepair and was closed; memorial items from the disaster were relocated to
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Aberfan is situated toward the bottom of the western valley slope of the
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collapsed into homes and a school, killing 116 children and 28 adults.
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Aberfan Memorial Garden on the site of the children's school
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bed and a railway embankment run parallel to the river.
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The village has two smaller chapels: the former Smyrna
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hill, about four mi (6 km) south of the town
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is where many of the victims are buried. The original
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Aberfan is located in Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil
OS grid reference
SO070002
Community
Merthyr Vale
Principal area
Merthyr Tydfil
Preserved county
Mid Glamorgan
Country
Wales
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
CF48
Dialling code
Police
South Wales
Fire
South Wales
Ambulance
Welsh
UK Parliament
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
UK
Wales

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