@charleybournetruecrime: The Devastating Aberfan Disaster 💔 In 1966 in a small village called Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil - there was a huge and fatal disaster. A colliery spoil tip collapsed on the 21st October, despite warnings to the National Coal Board. The tip had been created on a mountain slope and totally buried the local school which was full of children, and many houses too. #crime #crimetok #truecrime #crimetiktok true crime story true crime storytime
The only reason I know about this is it was on season 3 of The Crown. Very sad.
2026-04-20 20:36:09
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𝐇𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐥-𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞ꨄ︎ :
I live 5 minutes away from Aberfan, thank you so much for covering this story. My great uncle was one of the children casualties. This makes me well up every time but thank you for making your audience aware of one of Wales' worst disasters. xx
2026-04-20 19:51:35
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Jorja :
in some schools in wales they teach us about this and when i was in school we had an assembly every year on the day this happened where they would say how long ago it happened and tell us things about it
2026-04-21 08:17:14
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jennbeauty86 :
£150 is equivalent to $202.76 in US dollars
2026-04-21 06:54:11
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Margo :
Learned about this from The Crown
2026-04-20 21:58:36
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Zoe 🩷🩷 :
I love your videos Charley your so good at presenting them ❤️❤️❤️x
2026-04-20 20:01:51
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ndcoforager🆘️🇺🇲🏳️🌈🆘️ :
There are still thousands of tips left in Wales alone, with the most recent significant slip being in 2024. They are still a major risk to the country.
2026-04-22 07:15:04
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c<3 :
Wasn’t this a movie?!
2026-04-20 20:04:02
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lainie145 :
Noon what’s heard of!!! Literally everyone in the UK especially of a certain age has heard of it.
2026-04-21 19:06:27
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Keira :
As a Welsh woman, I thank you for covering one of our disasters 🥰💔
2026-04-23 14:46:51
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Bibz 💚🍉 :
My dad is Welsh. I grew up knowing about the Aberfan disaster, such a senseless tragedy
2026-04-21 03:28:11
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IanR1664 :
My first television memory. I remember my mum crying and I couldn’t understand why.
2026-04-23 02:57:46
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Mharris :
Your hair is amazing !
2026-04-21 06:25:40
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bluegoblinfox :
My uncle volunteered to help dig out the bodies. He carried the trauma of what he saw all of his life.
2026-04-20 21:14:07
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rubyharwood :
we learn about this in school in wales
2026-06-13 13:44:52
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Caila Williams472 :
My grandad was there he was asked to bring to bring all the big diggers there then he was told not to use them incase there was any survivors 😔
2026-04-20 20:08:02
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frecklesmama3 :
The episode of The Crown that portrayed that disaster was heartbreaking.
2026-04-20 20:08:49
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Vicki :
If you're interested there's a book called A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe thats a novel about an embalmer who went to Aberfan.
Books don't really upset me, but that was a heartbreaking read.
2026-04-20 22:42:13
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Isla💗 :
I’m so early it’s lagging!
2026-04-20 19:49:12
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ראם :
So sad :(
2026-04-20 19:56:58
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Stephanie 🌷🌺 :
I always zoom in to see what book you’re reading 📖 📚
2026-04-21 18:18:44
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anastasiia :
your lashes look so good!
2026-04-20 20:04:43
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Rhys 🏴paranormal :
Nearly all Welsh persons aware of this. And the atrocious way the whole town was treated by the NCB and the government
2026-04-20 21:50:51
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Jessie :
The clock that stopped in the wreckage that marked the time the school was hit
2026-04-27 10:40:03
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•L I V• ᖭི༏ᖫྀ :
It’s crazy i literally live 30 minutes from aberfan
2026-05-25 10:12:29
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