I was married on October 22nd 1966‚ at that time my husband to be was in the army and had been serving in Aden for a year. He only made it home two day's before our wedding!
I can remeber feeling so happy at the thought of my forthcoming marriage. Sadly this happiness was marred by a news item on the following morning‚ Friday 21st October 1966 was the Aberfan disaster in South Wales‚ I was so touched by the events that took place‚ all those children buried under the slag heap.
I have now been married almost 39 years but there has not been a year go by that I haven't remembered those children.
I did pay a visit to the cemetary at Aberfan a few years ago‚ I took some flowers to place there‚ but when I saw all those graves on the hillside‚ all 116 of them‚ all identical‚ I was again moved to tears‚ I thought where do I put the flowers‚ there are so many graves. Set in the earth a little way along passed the graves was a black marble plaque‚ a memorial to the children that died thta awful day‚ I laid my flowers and said a little prayer for those lost children‚ how their mother's must have felt on that day I can't begin to imagine.
I just know what an impact it had on my life and I have never forgotten that sad day‚it falls the day before my wedding anniversay which will be 39 years in October.
Submitted by June
Manchester
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