' 100 YEARS TOMORROW '

At around 9am on the morning of the 14 of October 1913 The small mining village of Senghenydd was brought to its knees when some 439 miners went under ground never to see the light or the Sun shine again.

Tomorrow my 7 year old boy Iolo & my 6 year Old daughter Gwenyth Angharad will wear a black ribbon to school in respect and remembrance of them brave men who earned there living under ground,and who paid for there work with there lives. R I P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA7mJMmGmkA

One of the worst disasters to ever happen in Welsh History RIP.

Please see the link below to the Aber Valley. Heritage Site. There is a fantastical. Heritage museum in Senghenydd for those interested, it really is worth a visit.

http://your.caerphilly.gov.uk/abervalleyheritage/node/7

Tomorrow morning at 8.10am the original hooter will sound, this is the exact time 100 years ago that the disaster happened.

There is a program on S4C tonight at 8.30 with subtitles and one at 10.45 on BBC Wales tomorrow.

I'm sure lots of those who perished would have been bluebirds

At least one program on TV about it this week. BBC1 Wales 10.45 PM

Very sad disaster that was all to common within the South Wales coal fields... RIP and god bless

Rest In Peace.

What a terrible terrible tragedy RIP forever, very very sad

My grandfather finished down the pit on the Friday before the disaster and the morning shift was what he was due to work if he had stayed.

My other grandfather was involved in the rescue of miners at six bells pit.

All my kids as soon as they could understand what it meant were taken down Big Pit to know all about the conditions they could have worked in from an early age.

South Wales owes these men a lot and to see the way the valleys have been let down by Westminster (all parties) makes my blood boil sometimes

RIP

Rip

.r.i.p

Very sad thoughts are with all the affected family's.

My grandfather finished down the pit on the Friday before the disaster and the morning shift was what he was due to work if he had stayed.

My other grandfather was involved in the rescue of miners at six bells pit.

All my kids as soon as they could understand what it meant were taken down Big Pit to know all about the conditions they could have worked in from an early age.

South Wales owes these men a lot and to see the way the valleys have been let down by Westminster (all parties) makes my blood boil sometimes

not just the valleys though mate.most mining areas have been left to decay.i went down the big pit a few yr ago.the bloke was telling me a lot of the visitors come from france.it,s cheaper to bring the french kids here than take them to their own mining museums as they have to pay over there.thank god the big pit is still in use to educate the kids.

RIP

As a footnote to this I would just like to say that I have just witnessed something that will stay with me for a long time to come.At 8-10am the original pithead siren was sounded once again throughout the Aber-Valley and none who heard it could say that they wern't moved.Exactly 100yrs since the first explosion the noise was both haunting and painful.

As a footnote to this I would just like to say that I have just witnessed something that will stay with me for a long time to come.At 8-10am the original pithead siren was sounded once again throughout the Aber-Valley and none who heard it could say that they wern't moved.Exactly 100yrs since the first explosion the noise was both haunting and painful.

Like Aberfan it brings tears to the eyes, I was 17 when Aberfan happened and was working for Wimpys the Offices was on Newport Rd . One of the driver come back and told us about the problem up there, we all got in a Lorry and went there to help.
I stood there at 17years of age and cried my eyes out. But what really fks me off is no b*stard was brought to book for these disasters ,not to this very day.

As a footnote to this I would just like to say that I have just witnessed something that will stay with me for a long time to come.At 8-10am the original pithead siren was sounded once again throughout the Aber-Valley and none who heard it could say that they wern't moved.Exactly 100yrs since the first explosion the noise was both haunting and painful.

Like Aberfan it brings tears to the eyes, I was 17 when Aberfan happened and was working for Wimpys the Offices was on Newport Rd . One of the driver come back and told us about the problem up there, we all got in a Lorry and went there to help.
I stood there at 17years of age and cried my eyes out. But what really fks me off is no b*stard was brought to book for these disasters ,not to this very day.

awful .these things are ingrained in the hearts of miners, ex miners,their families and the mining communities .i remember only two year ago the lads at that small mine in swansea perishing.horrible.you are correct about aberfan.nobody been brought to account.from what i read it had been talked about to the powers that be about the depositing of the waste but no notice was taken.my thoughts are with you all today.

Brave brave men R.I.P. you will never be forgotton and rightly so.I had family who spent their lives down the pits,not for the faint hearted.