Picture No | 10282044 |
Date | 21st October 1966 |
Description | Aberfan: the desolate village |
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The front page of The Illustrated London News, reporting on the Aberfan disaster. An aerial view of the path of destruction left by the rain-soaked coal tip that slipped 500 yards down the mountainside into the mining village of Aberfan, Glamorgan, South Wales. The Pantglas infants and junior school, a farmhouse and a terrace of houses were engulfed in the slurry.
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Source | The Illustrated London News, October 29th 1966. Cover. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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