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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Grave lantern placed on the grave of Carl Minett of Aberfan. He was seven years old when he was killed in his classroom in Pantglas Junior School, Aberfan on 21 October 1966. His ten-year-old sister, Marylyn, was also killed. At 9:13 that Friday morning thousands of tonnes of black coal waste from an unstable tip slid down the mountain. It instantly engulfed Pantglas Junior School and parts of the village killing a total of 116 children and 28 adults. After the disaster, a local company donated grave lanterns to all the bereaved families to place on the graves of their loved ones. Marylyn and Carl Minett's family remember the Aberfan cemetery was lit up at night with the candles of the lanterns representing every life that was lost.
