Download or read book Aberfan written by Gaynor Madgewick and published by Y Lolfa. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 21 October 1966, thousands of tonnes of coal tip waste slid down a mountainside and devastated the mining village of Aber-fan. The black mass crashed through the local school. 144 people were killed. 116 were schoolchildren. Gaynor Madgwick was there. She was eight and severely injured. In this book, Gaynor tells her own story and interviews people affected by the day's events.