| 1966 13:29 - Oct 21 with 1785 views | KeithHaynes |
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| 1966 on 10:49 - Oct 23 with 306 views | Whiterockin |
I vividly remember the terrible event and the surreal days after. I visited a couple of years ago and reflection I found very difficult. One thing that I think has not been mentioned is the enormous guilt often felt by survivors. Be it children who survived or their parents, the joy of living is often tempered by the uncomfortable feeling when seeing relatives of those who passed. The tragedy of that day has never ended for many. |  | | |
| 1966 on 11:30 - Oct 23 with 260 views | 3swan |
| 1966 on 10:49 - Oct 23 by Whiterockin |
I vividly remember the terrible event and the surreal days after. I visited a couple of years ago and reflection I found very difficult. One thing that I think has not been mentioned is the enormous guilt often felt by survivors. Be it children who survived or their parents, the joy of living is often tempered by the uncomfortable feeling when seeing relatives of those who passed. The tragedy of that day has never ended for many. |
Yes the guilt was mentioned by someone in one of the programmes I watched. By parents and the survivors.
Children were always playing outside and then there was nothing.
One survivor couldn't mention his friends name who died, and you could see he still struggled today. ( I think it was on the Newsnight special)
Also
Families that were suffering didn't share their feelings at the time as they knew everyone was struggling as well and didn't want to add to the grief.
The comment was ,many had suffered a loss, or knew someone who had.
Just typing this is emotional, my thoughts don't even come close to what they all went through and never went away. |  | | |
| 1966 on 17:25 - Oct 23 with 108 views | KeithHaynes |
| 1966 on 08:52 - Oct 22 by 3swan |
I'm ashamed to say that this year was the first time I visited The Garden of Remembrance and the Cemetery.
We left earlier when travelling down for the Burnley game and spent an hour there.
To see so many names, some from the same family is heartbreaking.
I've heard the words seen the films but to walk along and see the ages 7,8,9 does bring a lump to the throat and a tear to the eye
On IPlayer there are programmes one on BBC2 and one on S4C (subtitles available)
Both excellent in differing ways and a very difficult watch
Just to add both locations were immaculate and peaceful.
I knew a fair bit but the BBC2 programme Aberfan: The Village That Fought Back
triggered back the memory, and it was, and still is, disgusting how they were treated for years. Even now, watching it I became more and more angry
The S4C Alex Jones: Un diwrnod yn Aberfan highlights the more personal aspect of the day and long term affects |
Wouldn’t have been the case if a disaster happened in the Home Counties. | |
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| 1966 on 18:21 - Oct 23 with 85 views | onehunglow |
| 1966 on 17:25 - Oct 23 by KeithHaynes |
Wouldn’t have been the case if a disaster happened in the Home Counties. |
Vast majority of sub 50yr olds in South east will be utterly ignorant of Aberfan
The most insular region in UK | |
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