Welsh Mining Disasters Ft Music Myfanwy

[Jackiezyon]

RIP

[frank88202]

Bless them all.

[boybad98]

A very sad day in Wales but god has all the little angels now Rip those little ones

[noisynfo]

What choir sings this version?

[mush1955]

@noisynfo Penderyn male voice

[roybarnacle]

I was evacuated at the outbreak of WW I I to South Wales not far from Aberfan, and the tragedy touched me very deeply. I wondered if any of those children were those of parents I had met as a child. Aberfan was, and is, the only memorial I have taken .

[pendantbabs]

i am so greatful that i have my grandchildren and greatgrandchildren today,,god be with those that don,t, god bless you all.

[emilebradford]

Everybody on Youtube isn't as sympathetic to those four brave miners who died in their mine in the village of Cilybebyll as the rest of the UK is,

put "Margaret Thatcher leaving Number ten for the last time" in the search box and see what 'RichardElden' has said.

This another moron who should be prosecuted for his hate filled words.

[samosammo123]

@emilebradford

i just saw it, shocking comments isn't it, there is nothing wrong with thatcher or miners!

[entrancingsolutions]

Beautiful music for yet another Welsh mining tragedy.

[The538560]

the lord and master needed another four miners to act as guardian angels,he sure does take the best.RIP gleision four.

[RhysapTomos]

Rwy'n gwrando ar y dôn brydferth hon ac yn meddwl am y dynion o'r lofa yng Nghilybebyll a'u teuluoedd. Heddwch i'w llwch.

[gingergog]

RIP i'r bachgen o'r glofa Gleision

[vincewood1]

R.I.P Charles Breslin, David Powell, Garry Jenkins & and Phillip Hill The 4 Welsh miners who tragically died today.

[cerihoppo]

@vincewood1 Second that R.I.P boys :(

[jamesaellis]

T_T

[iankieran1]

us welsh will never forget ,im so proud to be welsh and 1 day we will rise up

[scottiehypnosis01]

George Thomas was a real shit where Wales was concerned, all he wanted was to suck up the the english and the queen and the Royals. He wouldn't speak out when the Tryweryn valley , when family's were kicked out of there homes and the dead were dug up from there graves. Wales has suffered many injustices,,why the people of Wales don't stand up I will never know. FEGODWN NI ETO We Shall Rise Again !

[3tangle3]

@scottiehypnosis01 u are one of the few people to know the truth

[nicoalphalpha]

I was one of the "rescuers" at Aberfan.  I couldn't watch film ot photos of it for many years afterwards. The little girl carried by the policeman was the last one brought out alive. It was that hypocrite Lord George Thomas (speaker of the house) who suggested that the money was used to remove the tips.

[ruthofzion]

I remember Aberfan though only 12 years old at the time, Our school asked us to take collection boxes and collect for the Disaster Fund which we as children did most humbly. I also cannot watch this video without the tears streaming down my face. May God Bless the Children and Adults who were lost to this terrible Disaster.

SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS

[grahamhorton1]

Ihave been to the memorial sight. You first see it across the valley and your tears just flow. Miners made such sacrifises for this nation . To be robbed of their children was the cruellest thing possible. May all the little ones rest in peace with God.

[scottiehypnosis01]

No One Is blaming Joe english that walks the streets , but there are some who even now dont give a shit! No I blame the government of the time, and I also blame my own people Yes My own Welsh people for putting up with it for so long. The way the Welsh land and people have been used and they dont have the guts or faith to stand up to the english government . My god when will the Welsh ever learn.?

[MsJudithThomas]

Perhaps we can not blame a whole nation for this, but England continues to take Wale's water and ruin the land with their reforesting projects. The one thing they can NEVER take is our spirit!

[SuperKopstar]

Heart rending :*(

[steve22169]

over a £100,000 was raised for the abervan disaster's family's. the National .Coal. Board try d to claim the money they said they needed it to remove the spoil from the school even though they made millions off the backs of the men who children were killed by there ignorance. what a selfish world we live in !!!

[MrPatODonnell]

i am scottish and i cant bear the poignancy of this music.It breaks my heart.

[tankerspice]

I was born and brought up in a mining community in the North East of England, some of the comments on here beggar belief. Remember the dead, not the politics.

[redhotror]

the lord god was in need of more angels .blessed be the souls of our little welsh re'cruites .

[scottiehypnosis01]

england did its best to kill our language, and DID kill our children FE GODWN NI ETO

[wellscot]

@scottiehypnosis01 We can't blame a whole nation for this,England's people also sent tribute and money to the fund that was meant for the people of Aberfan. Harold Wilsons government sanctioned the removal of the tip be paid for from the money raised. Blame them my friend.

[scottiehypnosis01]

@wellscot Im not blaming the English people ! Im talking about the government and if you read it the very first line says THANK YOU ENGLAND ,YOU THE GOVERNMENT ! And yes I know about the money ,the people there self s had to pay for out of the money that was sent to them. Your telling me things I know already. You tell me who was brought to book for it ? who lost there Job for it ? who was brought to court for it ? I WILL TELL YOU ! NO ONE ! THATS WHO. 

[wellscot]

@scottiehypnosis01 You tell me who was brought to book for it ? who lost there Job for it ? who was brought to court for it ? I WILL TELL YOU ! NO ONE ! THATS WHO I can't argue with that.. you're absolutely right. And I apologise for not reading you're post through before replying.

[TZEITEL10]

@scottiehypnosis01 It looks like you found your native tongue now though.Wales was not the only corner of the UK to suffer deaths from mining disasters,or from mining related illnesses or accidents.A relative of mine died in a pit explosion and his body,and those of his colleagues are still in the pit.

[scottiehypnosis01]

Thank you england , you the goverment at the time was told about how unsafe it was, But who gives a fk , it was only Wales.

and to make things even worse A tribunal found the National Coal Board was responsible for the disaster, but nobody was sacked or prosecuted. DO YOU BELIEVE IT ?

[redips59]

Been to the cemetery,no birdsong.Complete silence.

[joelwhitaker]

my ancestors used to work the Llay Main Colliery just next door to Gresford Colliery. They rushed with many more from Llay Main to Gresford but it was too late. God blees those who have given their lives to mining.

[rubberman555]

it was a sad day for wales and also the world ,i am an ex miner and my heart goes out to the families of the miners who sadly lost their lives in the pike mining disaster in new zealand my best friend lost his father at the age of seven when a mine flooded at cynheidre south wales in the 70,s god bless the souls of every miner who had their lives cut short working underground may you rest with the angels for ever .

[rubberman555]

it was a sad day for wales and also the world ,i am an ex miner and my heart goes out to the families of the miners who sadly lost their lives in the pike mining disaster in new zealand my best friend lost his father at the age of seven when a mine flooded at cynheidre south wales in the 70,s god bless the souls of every miner who had their lives cut short working underground may you rest with the angels for ever

[rigamax]

I remember seeing the news reports - seems like yesterday

[willbashem]

I was the same age as some of these children when they died. I remember that day like it was yesterday. The black and white tv pictures are engraved in my mind.

I have visited the cemetary on cold winters days and cried for those poor souls and their parents. May they rest in peace.

[clive2677]

Still in our hearts.

[clive2677]

Still in our hearts.

[portlandbells99]

W'yn cofio hwn o pryd rhonin mlentyn.

[MsSweetwaters]

May God comfort and provide for all the families bereaved in the The Pike disaster Woodratgirl

[WoodRatGirl]

It's sad watching and listenb and listening to this, since because of the Pike Mining Disaster in my country New Zealand recently. R.I.P. <3

[fuckface4eva]

well done bamp proud of you r.i.p

[Scotsbell]

I was in primary 7 at my local school In Scotland when our headmaster came in and told us about this disaster. He had heard it on his office radio. We stood for a minute silence and all brought in sixpence next day for a collection. I remember crying and yet knew nobody involved. RIP children of Aberfan x

[st1ffee]

i think pendyrus sing this better than any other choir pure class brings a lump to your throat

[E143100]

I just read the account of the disaster and its aftermath on Wikipedia. How morally bankrupt we were (are?) as a nation. Thanks for posting and keeping the memory alive for a new generation.

[taffize]

i went through aberfan 2 or three hours before it came down in a bus going to cadiff, god love them all, and god love my grandfather working in myrther

[Thefaerienuff]

@taffize Cadiff=Cardiff

myrther=Merthyr

Llekki da duuuh

[Rhysyable]

Aberfan, 21st October 1966 was such a dreadfull Day.

[TheCobradude]

proud to be welsh

[redhotror]

Ican vever look at this vid without tearing up ! a knot in my stomach and on the verge of tears. never will all those kids and others be forgotten . a dark day in the land of our fathers .

[merthyrmafia]

I was living in Abercanaid at the time aged 6 we all knew something bad had happened, a group of us got on our bikes and peddled down the canal bank to Aberfan to see, well the rest is history.

[powerspade]

I was there - dreadful really dreadful

[clydachdingle]

God Bless

[bryntyrch2]

They were my age.

Unbelievably moving.

[twlthteg]

Thank you.

[talbotjack]

still an eerie atmosphere when u go to aberfan, but its bettered by the warmth of the valleys people

[caslox]

I was a child of 12 when this happened, my family lived in a little village called Trelewis not far from Aberfan, I still remember the sirens from the emergency vehicles to this day,it was one of the saddest days in Welsh history probably THE saddest day and there have been many days like this in Wales connected to the mining industry. A beautiful yet haunting hymn.

[bindagr]

This Aberfan Disaster reminds me of the Hartford Circus Fire in that so many of the deceased were innocent children. I will always strive to remember them, particulalry on Oct 21 and July 6. May they rest in peace.

[thallassocracy]

At the Aberfan Enquiry it came out that several of the operators of the cranes who dumped waste on tip #7 used to make jokes about how far it would slide once it went unstable.

Nobody ever thought it would reach the school.

[MORGANTHEMOON1]

This is the saddest song ever.

You dont need to speak Welsh to know this is sad. My father went to help dig the children out. I'll never forget that day it was my 7th birthday. My father couldn't talk about it after it had a huge affect on him.

[welshperson123]

my grand father was one of the people who went up there to try and dig them out, unfortanatly he couldent save them

rip dacu and all the people who died :(x

[nadinamorgan]

is this the abervan disaster

[slj79]

I got goose bumps straight away! so sad :-(

[Brythonek]

I can't watch this without tears streaming down my face. A whole generation practically wiped out.

[ianwalkerdownland]

@Brythonek .You must be welsh or getting old like me. Such a long time ago but the sadness of it remains.

[contwirion]

Hardd iawn.

[greaser1993]

i live not far from abervan

[Chimneyclimber]

The selected song is very appropriate as the Composer,Joseph Parry wasborn in Merthyr a few miles up the road.He would have cried buckets as I did on those sad October days.

[welsh1962]

very nice side sad as it was the children at school who perished, the innocent victims of a unstable  coal waste,

[shanghaibenny2]

The miners are heros. Their souls rightly deserve to be recommended to a higher authority.

[HAPPYTHELEAF]

This has to be a lesson to us al,l as to what it is to be human,but alas we do not learn..may your god keep un to you

[trapezemusic]

Excellent, and thank you for the opportunity to view it. As an American, I learned of this beautiful music and the hardship experienced by Welsh miners thanks to one of the finest motion pictures ever made: How Green Was My Valley, which won numerous Academy Awards in 1941, including Best Picture. I wish every young person would see this film, just to appreciate the strength of family and the human spirit. If you haven't seen this film, rent it and enjoy.

[TZEITEL10]

@trapezemusic That's the problem,the film was a Hollywood version of the real thing,bore no resemblance to reality.If you like it,that's your choice ,these things are subjective.John Ford had his own political agenda and it came across in every film he made.What he should have shown more consideration toward's,is his handling of Native Americans and their right's.

I grew up in the East Midlands coalfields and working people all over the UK had it tough,that is why we had /needed Unions.

[TZEITEL10]

Respond to this video.I recommend you get the BBC version of How green was my valley from the seventies ,it has a great Welsh cast-Stanley Baker,Sian Phillips in lead roles or read the book..This is a testament to the rise of Trade Unions and workers rights,not a catalogue of caricatures and schmaltz as put up by Fox,. 

[LadyMyrddin]

I remember this tragic day too well. I was in school in my music class, a teacher from another class came in crying, and spoke to our music teacher, then she started crying. We all went home early from school that day.

My brother was one of the digging volunteers.

[mush1955]

people from all over the world demonstrated their sympathy by donating money ( totalling £1,606,929 (2008:£21.4m). The British government in a further show of contempt for the loss of life,used moneys from this fund to pay for the cost of the huge clean-up operation, something many felt should have been paid for by the NCB themselves.The Labour government paid back the £150,000 in 1997, although taking account of inflation this should have been nearly £2 million.

[gf8675309]

I am an American and my heart goes out to every person affected by this horrible tragedy. I heartfelt sympathy to all.

[MehefinHeulog]

Unlike the tragedy of the other great mining disasters, where those hundreds of brave working men died, the tragedy at Aberfan was almost unspeakably sad as it was the children at school who perished, the innocent victims of a unstable tip of coal waste, which fathers and grandfathers had spent years unwittingly digging out.

A rho dy law, Myfanwy dirion

I ddim ond dweud y gair "Ffarwel"

Give me your hand, my sweet Myfanwy,

But one last time, to say "farewell".

[Caballow]

I agree, excellent!

[1983toby19947N531]

just one word......excellent

[Bellawooster]

What a nice song to accompany the video of such a sad occasion. I was 11 at the time of the disaster and remember the television bulletins and still feel emotional when I think about it. No one will ever understand the loss a parent feels when things like this happen. I know, as I lost a daughter when she was young and it still hurts 29 years later.I hope those that worked in management for the coalboard at the time can live with themselves.those kids did not stand a chance and deserved better.

[jimbo1766]

I was too young to remember this tragedy the first time round - but well remember the anniversary and also the sadness as The Valleys fell apart once the mines started to close. And to link these images to Myfanwy...

[annie482000]

I remember the Aberfan Disaster being shown on ITVs News At Ten. It brought tears to my eyes then and seeing it all over again has had the same effect.