A look back at how the Aberfan disaster unfolded 50 years ago
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The was the disaster that shook a small mining village. On 21 October 1966, Aberfan was devastated when a colliery waste tip collapsed, with slurry engulfing Pantglas Junior School. A total of 144 people died, 116 of them children. Now the disaster is being recreated in Cwmaman as the latest series of TV drama The Crown explores the Queen's response to the tragedy. | BBC Wales News
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In October 1966 144 people, mostly children, were killed when a coal waste tip collapsed on the Welsh village of Aberfan. Our Wales Correspondent Sian Lloyd has been speaking to survivors and relatives about the tragedy, 50 years on. | BBC Breakfast
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