Aberfan: 60 years on – 'God gives us tears to shed'

Jonathan Thomas  |  Comment
Date posted:  21 Oct 2026
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Aberfan: 60 years on – 'God gives us tears to shed'

Aberfan memorial. Source: Wikimedia Commons

As a broadcaster, there are some programmes that stay with you long after the microphone has been switched off. My recent edition of All Things Considered on Aberfan and Faith was one of them.

Marking the 60th anniversary of the disaster, I wanted to explore not simply what happened on 21 October 1966, but how people had lived with its consequences. The collapse of the coal tip above the village claimed 144 lives, including 116 children, leaving wounds that remain part of Wales' collective memory.

I had the privilege of speaking to two men from different generations whose lives were profoundly shaped by that day.

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