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Aberfan - CAC01121

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Title Aberfan - CAC01121
Description Memories of Aberfan disaster and what is remembers of what was seen on television and media.She remembers seeing a child being dragged alive from the rubble in Aberfan.She was working at the Post Office in Caernarfon at the time of the Investiture and they could see the events on the Maes from the top of the building.
Item URL https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/464830
Community archive People's Collection Wales
Subject

'Schools / Education'

'Communication and Media'

'Cities

Towns and Villages'

Aberfan

disaster

Trychineb

coal

Glo

Coal mining

glowyr

broadcast

dioddef

Broadcasting

darlledu

news

hobiau

community

plant

Level Item
Author Media and the Memory in Wales

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