'We wear Aberfan on our shirts with pride'

A GROUP of players from Aberfan's growing football club has come together to remember the victims of one of Wales' biggest mining disasters.

- ELLIE GOSLEY

> Members of Aberfan Football Club gather at the Aberfan Memorial Garden in honour of the victims of the mining disaster

(Richard Swingle)

Aberfan FC's new women's team joined with players from the men's and junior teams to lay a wreath at the Aberfan Memorial Garden before their games at the weekend.

Today, October 21, will mark 59 years since the Aberfan mining disaster, when a coal tip collapsed and buried Pantglas Junior School and surrounding homes, killing 116 children and 28 adults.

Hannah Thompson, who is from the nearby village of Troedyrhiw, is one of the captains of Aberfan FC's new senior women's side, who decided they wanted to honour the history of the village where they play.

> The Aberfan disaster, when a colliery spoil tip engulfed Pantglas Junior School on October 21, 1966, killing 116 children and 28 adults