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World Service,21 Oct 2011,10 mins

Aberfan Disaster

Witness History

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It is 45 years since tragedy struck a Welsh mining village. Tons of coal-waste collapsed onto houses and Aberfan's primary school. One hundred and forty-four people were killed in total - most of them children. (Photo: Jim Gray/Getty Images)

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