In Episode 6 of On the Ground, the new podcast from Geographical, Laura Cole investigates the aftermath of the Aberfan Tribunal
On 21st October 1966, a coal tip fell into the village of Aberfan, killing 144 people including 116 children.
The National Coal Board blamed the disaster on an unknown spring and a ‘coincidence of a set of geological factors’. Here’s what happened next.
This is On The Ground, a new podcast from Geographical, written and hosted by Laura Cole. In this series, Laura will be getting out from behind her desk and on the ground, reporting from across the UK’s landscape – and speaking to the people changing it.
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