On This Day

[Odds]

Very Sad.

Watched a program about it last night, and hadn't realised how despicable the government and the NCB were...

No charges were ever laid...

And they forced the people to hand over £150k of money raised for them to help clear the tips that the authorities were held legally responsible for!

Only following the 1997 devolution act when the Welsh assembly was formed did the fund get paid back in full including interest in 2007.

Aberfan: The Village That Fought Back

The waste heap had been built on top of several springs that made it inherently unstable. The coal board denied knowledge of them...

They knew: they lied. People died. T'was ever thus.