| Aberfan 10:42 - Oct 21 with 1053 views | KeithHaynes |
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| Aberfan on 12:14 - Oct 21 with 997 views | onehunglow |
Hmm.
A date etched with pain in all those who were alive then. |  |
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| Aberfan on 18:27 - Oct 21 with 884 views | Whiterockin |
| Aberfan on 12:14 - Oct 21 by onehunglow |
Hmm.
A date etched with pain in all those who were alive then. |
The minutes silence was impeccably received as it should be. |  | | |
| Aberfan on 19:33 - Oct 21 with 830 views | Treforys_Jack |
| Aberfan on 18:27 - Oct 21 by Whiterockin |
The minutes silence was impeccably received as it should be. |
Indeed , though it's a sign of the times that I was holding my breath praying no-one was going to spoil it. A couple of people started to clap for a sec or 2, but that soon stopped and it was silent for a min, exactly as it should be. RiP |  | | |
| Aberfan on 19:41 - Oct 21 with 807 views | onehunglow |
And credit to Leicester fans | |
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| Aberfan on 19:45 - Oct 21 with 813 views | pencoedjack |
| Aberfan on 19:33 - Oct 21 by Treforys_Jack |
Indeed , though it's a sign of the times that I was holding my breath praying no-one was going to spoil it. A couple of people started to clap for a sec or 2, but that soon stopped and it was silent for a min, exactly as it should be. RiP |
Maybe I’m turning into an old grumpy sod but I find it hard to believe people can’t remain silent for a minute & a minutes silence is replaced by applause.
Surely even chavs can understand. |  | | |
| Aberfan on 19:50 - Oct 21 with 802 views | onehunglow |
| Aberfan on 19:45 - Oct 21 by pencoedjack |
Maybe I’m turning into an old grumpy sod but I find it hard to believe people can’t remain silent for a minute & a minutes silence is replaced by applause.
Surely even chavs can understand. |
Well,they can’t which makes todays silence rather gratifying
Most kids now live via their phones
If it’s not on there,it dint Halley
Remember double History? | |
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| Aberfan on 23:42 - Oct 21 with 714 views | max936 |
| Aberfan on 12:14 - Oct 21 by onehunglow |
Hmm.
A date etched with pain in all those who were alive then. |
An absolutely awful tragedy and it doesn't get any easy to accept after all these years and nor should it, but sadly I'm not sure lesson's have been learnt from it even in this day after these last 57 yrs since. |  |
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| Aberfan on 00:35 - Oct 22 with 699 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Aberfan on 23:42 - Oct 21 by max936 |
An absolutely awful tragedy and it doesn't get any easy to accept after all these years and nor should it, but sadly I'm not sure lesson's have been learnt from it even in this day after these last 57 yrs since. |
The whole mining industry has a 'kick the can down' the road mentality. These people need to be put a highly regulated structure and treated as near criminals from day one. They will get away with what they can.
The coal had high value but the waste was just a problem to be dumped where ever convenient. The miners had no interest in this unless forced to deal with it. There was no money in rocks, shale and clay. It was the NCB so there was no pressure to deal with wastes.
The UK attitude to nuclear wastes has the same mentality. Is there a large depository for the nuclear wastes in UK. There is in Germany and Sweden. Not in UK. We get the juice but dump the orange peel. It is simply kept in temporary stores pending a decision no one wants to make.
We have learned but still not tough enough to deal with miners. In general people world wide are becoming wise enough not to accept assurances from mining crooks. Mining tailing dams are the biggest hazard and several have failed with catastrophic consequences. The most recent big failure was in Brasil in 2019 owned by BHP and Vale.
The Ffos y Fran mine in Merthyr has seem miners drive a bus through regulations (possibly with connivance with authorities). Mining without planing permission. The scheme set up for the miner to reinstate the land after wards was easily by passed with only £15m in a ESCROW fund . The required sum is £100m+ with the deficit met by the taxpayer.
The only people taking action against this was "Extinction Rebellion". The South Wales constabulary was sent out to arrest them to defend the interests of the miners who were despoiling the area and making profits illegally. I do not know if the protestors were local or from afar. I do not know where the Welsh socialists were.
There is a new super mine for Potash and polyhalite near Whitby in Northumberland . This seems to have gone through much more rigorous planning controls and is run by Anglo American.
I was at the Millwall game in 2007 or so. I thought this was not going to go well with Millwall in town. The silence started and I heard the rain fall on the new stadium roof. There was tension and I was emotional for sure hearing the rain drops and the silence. [Post edited 22 Oct 2023 14:19]
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