Over the decades, the villagers of Aberfan have found many different ways to remember. A number cannot ever bear to be in the Welsh village on 21 October and leave Aberfan every autumn. Aberfan 50 years on: how best to remember the tragedy? Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty ImagesAs Edwards and Thomas talked, a party of children from Afon Taf high school arrived to pay their respects. A cantata for the people of Aberfan Read moreOver recent weeks and months artists have tried to find ways of marking the anniversary; poems have been written, musical works created.

Source: The Guardian October 20, 2016 16:26 UTC