Aberfan Disaster - 50 Years of Silence (captions available)

[@christianrose603]

Thank you so much for making this film. I was only 2 when this disaster happened but I remember my grandmother weeping over the deaths of the children. Of course Aberfan was traumatised.....and so was the rest of the country. RIP children.

[@theghostoftomjoad7161]

I sit here with tears streaming down my face, I was 14 at the time , I grew up in the coalfields of Derbyshire. I went on to become a firefighter and have witnessed some extremely sad sights, but I remember this so clearly. My heart aches!

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Very moving piece, well shot, edited and put together. The aerial footage in particular gives a meaningful perspective on how the tragedy unfolded. The terrible events of that day fifty years ago still generate a deep sadness and sorrow within us today, it was a tragedy that traumatised the entire nation and people around the world.

[@cathywagner1689]

Very well done, I remember the day this happened. I am a first generation Canadian of Welsh descent and on that day my father was in shock, my grand father was not in good health and was yelling "That couldn't happen, that couldn't happen." It did, it shakes me today to imagine had I lived in a tiny village, at 55 today I could have been one of the lost souls.

[@lornaburgess9762]

I live in a small mining (Pit) village in North East England and we had a big pit heap down the road from us. I was 11 when the disaster happened I came in from our village school to see my Mam sitting in front of the TV crying. Miners Daughter and proud of it👍

[@tbrochny]

Informative, but in a tasteful reverent way. Very nicely done. Thank you.

[@julievanberkel3058]

The enormity of this tragedy that should never have happened never leaves you.

[@amycravenkeeling]

Beautiful film. May they all rest in peace and never be forgotten xx

[@meldeblaecker4929]

Beautifully done. Thank you

[@DOCTORDROTT]

Well made video, captures the pain and the grief of that tragic event. 50 years ago, remember it like it was yesterday

[@LockyLive]

thanks James

[@DOCTORDROTT]

I was in school with my classmates, only a mile over the mountain when this happened, same age as those children, doing the same thing, just finnished morning prayes in assembly. Such a tragice event, all those lives and futures. Still effects a lot of people to this day.My late father went over there with a shovel to help along with his mates.

[@DOCTORDROTT]

Are you going up on Friday ? was thinking of parking up and go up the the remains of the tip,

[@LockyLive]

james bolem yes I plan to go up the tip. I think too many people will be going to the cemetery

[@DOCTORDROTT]

think there is a layby nearby if I remember right to gain access

[@kennewicksheri]

Thank you for sharing the historical footage, and then again fifty years later.. Thank you for the poignant delivery of such a time.... Thank you ....

[@julianc007]

Excellent piece - well done. Very sad and moving. Those poor kids. RIP all of them.

[@kaycwtchmahoney2940]

Respectful and informative well done to you for reminding The World of The Valley of Sorrow . Rest in peace to all .

[@bluenose622000]

very sad film done in great taste. R.I.P all the little angels ,teachers and people from the houses.x

[@RobertPlantII]

I had never heard of this disaster before seeing your post. My heart goes out to the people of Aberfan. Excellent job using multiple media platforms and well scripted. Thanks, P.S. I am P3P pilot too.

[@alannatiley4704]

Thank you for making this video and the respect you have on it

[@morgantiley9203]

Alanna Tiley you are the best sister ever 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@morgantiley9203]

Alanna Tiley you are the worst sister ever 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈

[@alannatiley4704]

Morgan Tiley so mean

[@morgantiley9203]

Alanna shut your mouth

[@alannatiley4704]

Morgan Tilly 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@mrstaffytoots2]

good film much admiration to the people of Aberfan. God bless them all

[@viviandavies7509]

god bless

[@marybrock9250]

I am great granddaughter of a coal miner and my grandmother dad she was born Rhondda valley wales aberdare 1919 it’s was so sad when this happened it’s made me cry when I watched it on the crown

[@MrGine77]

R.I.P all Little Angels... You are NEVER will be forgotten...

[@maryhlad5277]

Amen.

[@caroll3309]

nicely made video and very tragic ,may they Rest In Peace xx

[@simonwolfe529]

Great V/log Sir, well done !! you should be recognised for this piece, if you are not in the media industry. Very moving, terrific aerial shots paint a 3 D picture of terrain, & how this tragedy happened. My mom told me about this disaster in around 1976, when I was 8 yrs old, after watching a documentary, around the time, called the children of aberfan, made in B&W and has always resonated with me ever since. This piece is a great tribute to the families 50 years on, of something that never should be forgotten. My only question is why build a tip on a mountain side in the first place, and not take the slag to flat ground, presume as near to colliery sites, but Lord Robens and the NCB from what I can see, especially after watching last nights BBC Documentary by Hugh Edwards, (which was terrific Btw ) all got off with a mere hand slap? just crazy, and took decades for the families to get reparations for their lost loved ones. So so wrong, in every moral way, please watch it on catch up TV if u have it. Thoughts go to all the effected people of Aberfan 50 years on.

[@LockyLive]

Thanks Simon, not i the media industry I'm just a youtube vlogger but something like this I just felt I needed to to. A lot of the kids and even late teens are not aware what happened.

[@davidbatthews3811]

It is obvious with hindsight that this was dangerous, indeed there had been slips before but health and safety back then was lax compared to nowadays.

[@monicas2269]

Lovely film, great aerial photography.

[@edenwarren1315]

the fact that I had only found this out yesterday in collage is mad. and I don't even live that far away from this place where such a terrible thing happened! this place looks beautiful now! RIP to all the people that past away on that awful day my thoughts are with all the family's ❤

[@BetweenStations77]

Very sensitive and touching vlog.

[@elwynj5379]

I think it was watching the Crown that lead me here. I was in school, down on the coast 35 or so miles away from Aberfan on the day. I vividly remember the hushed whispers as the Headmaster visited (I guess) each class in turn. The ashen face of the teacher conveyed more than her words. Not fully understanding, we were all sent home early, I think late morning. I remember a documentary where, in addition to the weather, underground springs on the valley side, were a contributory factor. The NCB claimed no knowledge of these, except they were shown on all the OS maps!

[@carolineolsenarnold7039]

Now those beautiful children are greeting their parents in heaven RIP💔💔😇😇.

[@iamearthbornami]

Thank you

[@paulcharlton6015]

My uncle finished shift in one of merthyr collierys to be bused down there to help out

[@transnetnixdorf]

Well done mate, just found this after watching the BBC documentary, was great to see and hear all about this part of Welsh history. Really sad story. Great film making though. Gaz, Birmingham.

[@LockyLive]

thankyou Gaz

[@elizabethhumphreyseh]

Hard to watch,it was good to see the area has been transformed since this happened.RIP

[@danielparcell8038]

Great filming on such a sad event. Cymru am byth

[@martincook318]

I Was Nine years old Ten in December of that year and I well Remember that Terrible event I was to young to Understand but when I saw the old film from that Welch Mining Village I was shocked and Upset that such a terrible thing could happen and nothing like that must never be allowed to happen every again anywhere in any country and what I want to know why was the Repeated warning by the local People never listened to and in the end on Friday October 21st 1966 we all know what happened XXXX XXXX

[@pembrokeshiresspark]

God bless them.

[@002lisamarie]

Awful. Rest in peace and love to their families xxx

[@nayanarogers5230]

i live in wales. and my nan is lucky to be alive because she was in that school but in the lower part. 😢😢😭😭😘😘😚😔😔💐💐💐

[@sandraturner1457]

Think. Of. You. Nan then. I. Live troedyrhiw. My. Dad. Was. One. Rescue then. Xx

[@shylock727]

Its 50 years to the day on the 21 October. Please share this video on all your social media web pages. We mustn't let this tragedy go un recognised! Please share where ever you can.

[@marcin8535]

Story leaves me speechless. Best documentary on KZbin I've seen for a long time. I come from Lodz, Poland. I was growing up close to Radegast, Concentration Camp for Children. I would love to see you there with camera, how you'd film that place... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinder_KZ

[@raybriggs4529]

Listen to the song, "THE REAL PRICE OF COAL" it puts it all in prospective.

[@velksz9433]

I am from troedrhiw the village before aberfan god bless them all

[@stephencriddleproperparano9159]

Hi I made a silent vid of the 50th anniversary I called the Spirit Orbs there in vid 179 Aberfan Appearances. Hardest vid I ever made. I was in bits .Allbest

[@corneliawissing7950]

I've just started watching. I was 24 years old in 1966 and recently married. My husband and I simply couldn't speak. I don't speak Welsh. Will somebody please tell me what 'Aberfan' means?

[@LockyLive]

Aber translates to mouth of, as in mouth of a river. Fan is a hill or mountain so this doesn't make a lot of sense. Most Welsh towns with the name Aber are named after the river in the town but the river here is the taff which runs from pen y fan mountain to Cardiff bay.

[@corneliawissing7950]

@@LockyLive , Thank you very much for replying! God bless you.