Aberfan, Aberfan Road c.1965
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This valley community became the focus of a nation's grief when in 1966 Pontglas School and a row of adjacent houses were buried under a sliding coal tip. Of the 144 who died in the tragedy, 116 were children. The site is now a memorial garden.
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