Aberfan Wales 1966 Queen

The aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in wales on 21 october 1966.

Aberfan wales 1966 queen. The queen would eventually visit aberfan on october 29 1966 eight days after the disaster. The queen and prince philip travelled to aberfan to pay their respects to the deceased and their loved ones on 29 october 1966 a day after the final victim was recovered from the debris. On october 21 1966 a coal tip flooded by heavy rains collapsed in aberfan wales engulfing parts of the village including the pantglas junior school and killing 116 children and 28 adults. Despite the magnitude of the calamity queen elizabeth ii at first.

The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the village of aberfan near merthyr tydfil and overlaid a natural spring a period of heavy rain led to a build up of water within the tip which caused it to suddenly slide downhill as a slurry killing 116 children and 28 adults as it. On october 21 1966 a mining accident occurred in the south wales village of aberfan. The aberfan disaster killed 144 people including 116 children. In 1966 a coal waste tip collapsed and slid into a school in the mining village of aberfan in wales.

The queen visited aberfan eight days after an avalanche of slurry killed 144 people mostly children in 1966. Mirrorpix getty images in truth some locals didn t even notice that she wasn t there immediately after. The tragedy in aberfan would become one of the united kingdom s worst mining disasters and it was completely avoidable. In the crown the queen rebuffs harold wilson s suggestion to visit relatives.

The crown season 3 tells the story of the tragedy and queen elizabeth ii s visit eight days later.