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The NLW Performance & Quality Committee

The Governance and Performance Committee is one of the standing committees of the Board of Trustees. The aim of the Committee is to support the Library in maintaining high service delivery…  

Photographs

Philip Townsend A prominent photographer in the 1960s, Philip Townsend captured much of the impact of the Disaster in the first hours and days. His images show the destruction of numerous buildings…  

Physical Items Available To View In The Library

Further Reading For those looking to read more recent texts on the Aberfan Disaster, Gaynor Madgwick's Aberfan - A Story of Survival, Love and Community in One of Britain's Worst Disasters provides…  

Miscellaneous

Posters 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…  

Printed Material & Reports

Tribunal Report One of the important reports relating to the Aberfan Disaster, the report of the tribunal summarises the conclusions drawn from the 76 days that the tribunal sat from the period of…  

Maps & Plans

Tribunal Documents Below is a variety of maps and technical plans submitted as part of tribunal evidence showing the area of Aberfan, its geology and further analysis on the slide:  Note:…  

Letters & Committee Papers

Aberfan Disaster Fund Trust Deed Below is one of the first drafts of the trust deed created for outlining the purpose, aims, and management of the Disaster Fund Management Committee. This initial…  

Aberfan Disaster 1966

This webpage includes several items relating to the Aberfan Disaster including photographic and audiovisual material. Extensive considerations have been made on the sensitivity when selecting…  

Aberfan disaster

Learning toolkit On the morning of Friday, 21 October 1966, tragedy struck a small mining village in south Wales.  The valley around Aberfan had been piled high with spoil from the nearby…  

Copyright

Copyright Articles The articles on this website belong to one of the following categories: http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ The Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You…  

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