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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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