Aberfan. 21 October 1966. The day the children didn't come home from school: 60 years ago today, 116 pupils were buried side by side by a 30ft-mountain of…

Sixty years ago today, 144 people - most of them schoolchildren - were killed when a colliery spoil tip collapsed, triggering an avalanche of industrial waste to slide down into Aberfan, South Wales.
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