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General Opening Hours Monday - Friday: 09:00-18.00 Saturday: 09:30 - 17:00 Reading Room Monday - Friday: 09:30-18.00 Saturday: 09:30 - 17:00 Exhibitions Monday - Friday:…  

Archives

Other Archives available to view Biography of Lord Davies Reference: Lord Davies of Llandinam Papers E2/1/21 Caneuon gwerin (i-iv) [1980x2010] Reference: Papurau Meredydd Evans a Phyllis…  

The NLW Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee

The Board's main standing committee is the Audit Committee made up of some of the Board's members and two external independent members. It meets four times each year. The committee receives reports…  

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…  

Screen & Sound

Below is a variety of audiovisual material focusing heavily on the aftermath of the Disaster and the rebuilding of the community, including the opening of Ynysowen Junior School, the initial…  

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:…  

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