Miscellaneous

In addition to letters, posters were also found amongst the contents of the Aberfan Disaster Fund collection, showing sympathies provided from the inmates of HMP Lewes and 65 trees planted at governmental school ‘A’ at Ness-Ziona:

A flyer was created to provide information to the residents of Aberfan and Merthyr Vale on the purpose of the Community Association, specifically what it aims to do with aiding the community and the various representatives that are part of the committee:

As part of the booklet for the opening of the Community Centre by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, physical invitations were provided to attendants with a seating plan: 

Services were held in 1969 and 1973 to mark the inauguration of the Aberfan and Merthyr Vale Community Association and the opening of the Community Centre, respectively. Both copies include speeches and hymns to commemorate the occasion: 

Aberfan, 1966, written by Robert Morgan, the son of a miner, who worked in a colliery from the age of 14. Morgan drafted the poem to commemorate the lives lost during the Disaster, as well as drawing attention to those accountable for the damage done to the community.

Aberfan, An Elegy for the Children of Aberfan, written by Bryn Griffiths, commissioned to be later read on Independent Television News, underwent 16 drafts, and echoes similar messages to Aberfan, 1966: 

As part of Evan Wyn Williams' papers, a copy of a petition was found calling for government funding to be spent on tip safety at Aberfan. This is one of several petitions from local communities that were found in the aftermath of the Disaster, showing a strong sentiment from surrounding areas to call for government responsibility:

Approximately 20 years later, Richard A. Couto delivered a lecture at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, recalling the history of the Disaster including what caused such a tragedy, the impact on the community and the tribunal itself, focusing the narrative on how the NCB were aware of the risks long before the Disaster: