Aberfan disaster rescue attempts. 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a slag heap collapsed onto the pit village, South Wales © NLA 15-10-1966

Aberfan disaster, a coffin is lifted into a tempory mortuary. 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a slag heap collapsed onto the pit village, South Wales © NLA 15-10-1966

Aberfan disaster rescue attempts. 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a slag heap collapsed onto the pit village, South Wales © NLA 15-10-1966

Aberfan disaster rescue attempts. 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a slag heap collapsed onto the pit village, South Wales © NLA 15-10-1966

Aberfan disaster rescue attempts. 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a slag heap collapsed onto the pit village, South Wales © NLA 15-10-1966

Aberfan disaster rescue attempts. 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a slag heap collapsed onto the pit village, South Wales © NLA 15-10-1966

Aberfan disaster rescue attempts. 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a slag heap collapsed onto the pit village, South Wales © NLA 15-10-1966

Aberfan disaster rescue attempts. 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a slag heap collapsed onto the pit village, South Wales © NLA 15-10-1966

Aberfan disaster rescue attempts. 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a slag heap collapsed onto the pit village, South Wales © NLA 15-10-1966

Aberfan disaster rescue attempts. 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a slag heap collapsed onto the pit village, South Wales © NLA 15-10-1966

Road sign to Aberfan, South Wales, where 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a coal tip above the village collapsed and engulfed Pantglas Junior School 1971 © Peter Arkell 16-10-1971

Aberfan, South Wales. A village without children, 5 years on from the disaster that killed 116 children and 28 adults in the village when a coal tip collapsed and engulfed a school, 1971 © Peter Arkell 16-10-1971

Aberfan disaster, South Wales. White arches in Bryntaf Cemetery, Aberfan mark the graves of the 116 children killed in the disaster, when a coal tip collapsed and engulfed a school in 1966 © Peter Arkell 16-10-1971