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Recordiad clyweledol / Audio-visual recording: Dorothy Burns
Dorothy, Burns
(Interviewer)
Thompson, Ceri
(Interviewer)
Oral history interview with Dorothy Burns sharing her emories relating to the Aberfan disaster. She describes her experieces as a member of the rescue effort with the Salvation Army.
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.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2026.64.3
Historical Associations
Association Type: Locality of the evidence
Date: 21/10/1966
Place: Aberfan
Creation/Production
Curator (Coal), Big Pit National Coal Museum.
Role: Interviewee
Role: Interviewer
Place: Merthyr Tydfil
Period: 2023
Acquisition
Made-in-House, 10/2026
Measurements
running time:0.08.44
Techniques
Digidol | born digital
Location
In store
Categories
Aberfan 60Classification
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