Aberfan - A Story of Survival, Love and Community in One of Britain's Worst Disasters
Nonfiction, History, British, Biography & Memoir, Historical
| Author: | Gaynor Madgwick | ISBN: | 9781784613266 |
| Publisher: | Y Lolfa | Publication: | October 28, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Gaynor Madgwick |
| ISBN: | 9781784613266 |
| Publisher: | Y Lolfa |
| Publication: | October 28, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
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 severly imjured. In this book, Gaynor tells her own story and interviews people affected by the day's events.
"Gaynor Madgwick was pulled injured from one of the classrooms where her friends died. She was left behind to live out her life. This is her story, sad, sweet, sentimental, and authentic. I commend it to you." - Vincent Kane, Broadcaster
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 severly imjured. In this book, Gaynor tells her own story and interviews people affected by the day's events.
"Gaynor Madgwick was pulled injured from one of the classrooms where her friends died. She was left behind to live out her life. This is her story, sad, sweet, sentimental, and authentic. I commend it to you." - Vincent Kane, Broadcaster
