Aberfan Flashcards
1
Q
When?
A
21st October 1966
2
Q
What happened?
A
Coal avalanche
3
Q
Where?
A
Aberfan pantglass school
4
Q
Why?
A
The coal board had dumped coal on hills (black mountains)
5
Q
How many people died?
A
116 children and 28 adults
6
Q
What did Lord robens say?
A
They had no way of knowing there was a stream (lie)
7
Q
Who is the head of the coal board?
A
Lord Robens
8
Q
What did the miners in the village think but not mention?
A
The coal would slip
9
Q
What did people do 3 years earlier?
A
Wrote to say that it was going to slip but they were ignored
10
Q
What happened 1 year earlier
A
2 men were instructed to perform an inspection but this was not done
