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Recordiad clyweledol / Audio-visual recording: John Lane
Lane, John
(Interviewer)
Thompson, Ceri
(Interviewer)
Oral history interview with John Lane who was an apprentice at the Penrhiwceiber colliery at the time of the Aberfan disaster.
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
F2026.64.9
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: Cwmbach
Period: 2022
Acquisition
Made-in-House, 10/2026
Measurements
running time:00.04.00
Techniques
Digidol | born digital
Location
In store
Categories
Aberfan 60Classification
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