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Aberfan in the Parish of Merthyr Tydfil

Bibliography

References to the village of Aberfan at

• The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

Description and Travel

Aberfan on Alan George's site

Aberfan photographs on the FreeFoto site

History

Aberfan 1966 - part of the Coalfield Web Materials site

Aberfan War Memorial - on the Roll of Honour site

The Aberfan Disaster - on People's Collection Wales  .......... and on Wikipedia

Aberfan - on BBC Wales   'On this Day'     
 "21 October 1966: Aberfan - a generation wiped out; It took just five minutes for the coal tip above Aberfan to slide down the mountain and engulf a farm, several houses and a school"

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Aberfan Disaster Inquiry, Chief Surveyor's papers  1950-1967  
• Aberfan Photographs collection comprising of a volume of 99 photographs depicting engineering work on the remainder of the coal tips

Town Records

• Aberfan Disaster Fund, Aberfan, Glamorgan
  
  • 1966-80: papers
    [National Library of Wales, Department of Manuscripts and Records]
  • 1967-1973: disaster fund management committee and sub-committee minutes
    [Glamorgan Record Office - Reference : Acc 1996/60]
• Public Inquiry into the Aberfan Tip Disaster
  1966-69: proceedings, correspondents, tribunal proceedings etc
  [National Library of Wales, Department of Manuscripts and Records - Reference: Aberfan]

   

Aberfan in the Parish of Merthyr Tydfil

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