| Collection Name: |
Aberfan Study - An Unknown Spring |
| Repository Name: |
University of Wales, Swansea. South Wales Miners' Library [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Local Identifier: |
AUD |
| URL: |
http://lisweb.swan.ac.uk/swcc/audio/aberfan.htm |
| Dates Spanned: |
1967-1986 |
| Description: |
The study concentrates on the events and emotions following the disaster at the Pantglas Primary School, Aberfan in 1966, in which 144 people were killed, the majority being the school children of Pantglas. The study is part of a BBC documentary commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the disaster. Also included is a recording of the "Aberfan Thank You Show", which was a performance made by the surviving children. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: |
13 |
| Broad Subjects: |
Industry and Labor; Economics |
| ASP Subjects: |
Aberfan (Wales)--History; Aberfan, Wales; Disaster victims--Aberfan (Wales); Disasters--Wales; Mass casualties--Aberfan (Wales); Metal wastes--Wales; Oral history; United Kingdom; Wales |
| Other Subjects: |
Aberfan disaster |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0002714 |
