21/10/2026
Aberfan 60 Years On, Never Forgotten 🖤🏴
21st October 1966 A day that broke the heart of Wales.
60 years ago today, the little Welsh village of Aberfan experienced a tragedy that no community should ever have to endure.
On what should have been an ordinary Friday morning, just days before half term, children were sitting in their classrooms, learning, laughing and looking forward to going home to their families.
But at 9:13am, everything changed.
A mountain of coal waste came crashing down onto the village, engulfing Pantglas Junior School and nearby homes.
144 lives were lost. 116 of them were children. 💔
116 little lives filled with dreams, laughter and futures that were never given the chance to unfold.
Parents who never got to hold their children again. Empty chairs at dinner tables. School bags that would never be picked up again. A whole community changed forever.
As a parent, it’s impossible to imagine the heartbreak those families endured. Sending your child off to school in the morning, never knowing it would be the last time you would see them. 💔
But through unimaginable grief, Aberfan showed the world the strength, love and togetherness of a Welsh community.
Today, we remember every single life lost, the families who carried that heartbreak and the survivors who have lived with the memories of that terrible day.
Aberfan is not just a part of Welsh history. It is a part of our hearts.
60 years may have passed, but those 144 lives will never be forgotten.
Forever remembered. Forever loved. Forever in the hearts of Wales. 🕊️
Cofiwch Aberfan Remember Aberfan. 🖤🏴
21.10.1966 🕯️ 21.10.2026
