i certainly won't forget aberfan.i can remember our headmistress at school telling us about what had happened there.we said prayers at assemly for the people killed,mostly for the children.aged 4 we could'nt understand how a mountain could fall on a school...terrible thing,will never forget
Having visited the memorial i could not keep a dry I and never heard a bird sing was the price of coal really worth this and what has an English government done to a proud mining family HOW MANY MINES now MAGGIE
Preparing an English lesson for my 14 year old pupils in a German Grammar school and stepping into the Aberfan disaster once again with all the compassion I can have as a mother of 3 and one who was born in 1966. Thank you for these wonderful lyrics and your wonderful song giving a voice to the incommunicable bereavement. Having heard your song (and my explanation), my youngest daughter (7) decided that we must go to Aberfan one day to visit the dead children...
@chlgeuter Thanks Christian. Yes I did. After all these years, it's still inexpressibly sad to revisit this tragic event, but at least it means the children of Aberfan are not forgotten.
i certainly won't forget aberfan.i can remember our headmistress at school telling us about what had happened there.we said prayers at assemly for the people killed,mostly for the children.aged 4 we could'nt understand how a mountain could fall on a school...terrible thing,will never forget
pjr9532 2 months ago
I just had an English lesson about the aberfan disaster, This song is reall moving
lilymonsterbold 3 months ago
@lilymonsterbold Nice comment. Thanks Lily.
davecollinsmusic 3 months ago
Having visited the memorial i could not keep a dry I and never heard a bird sing was the price of coal really worth this and what has an English government done to a proud mining family HOW MANY MINES now MAGGIE
MrMagpie52 4 months ago
Preparing an English lesson for my 14 year old pupils in a German Grammar school and stepping into the Aberfan disaster once again with all the compassion I can have as a mother of 3 and one who was born in 1966. Thank you for these wonderful lyrics and your wonderful song giving a voice to the incommunicable bereavement. Having heard your song (and my explanation), my youngest daughter (7) decided that we must go to Aberfan one day to visit the dead children...
bettinageorgii 5 months ago
@bettinageorgii
I am very touched by your kind and generous comments. Thank you.
davecollinsmusic 5 months ago
@davecollinsmusic Did you write this song? Very beautiful.
chlgeuter 3 months ago
@chlgeuter Thanks Christian. Yes I did. After all these years, it's still inexpressibly sad to revisit this tragic event, but at least it means the children of Aberfan are not forgotten.
davecollinsmusic 3 months ago