Aberfan disaster 25 year anniversary

Title

Aberfan disaster 25 year anniversary

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

21 Oct 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:05

Description

Report on the 25 year anniversary of the Aberfan disaster in Wales where 116 children and 28 adults were killed. Includes interviews with Gaynor Madgewick who survived the tragedy which killed her brother and sister and Baptist Minster Ken Hayes who lost his son. Report by Paul Brennon of Red Dragon Radio.

Contributors

Ken Hayes; Red Dragon Radio; Gaynor Madgewick

Keywords

Deaths; Mining disasters; Wales; Coal mines; Disasters (events); Anniversaries; Manmade disasters; Aberfan tip disaster (1966)

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