Kevin Milkins
26-Jun-10, 11:15
http://www.itv.com/wales/the-vale-of-sorrow-the21250/
I just watched a very moving tribute to the coal miners that lost there life in the Six Bells mining disaster that occurred fifty years ago on the 28 June 1960.
I was nearly five years old at the time and I can still remember peering through the railings of the colliery with my mother and a large crowed of concerned wives and families as the rescue took place, but consider myself lucky because although my father, two uncles, and my grandfather all worked at the pit, none of them came to harm.
I grew up and went through school with several lads that had lost there dad in the disaster and at the time it all seemed very "matter of fact", but know having watched this programme it seems very poignant and fair brought a tear to my eye.
I just watched a very moving tribute to the coal miners that lost there life in the Six Bells mining disaster that occurred fifty years ago on the 28 June 1960.
I was nearly five years old at the time and I can still remember peering through the railings of the colliery with my mother and a large crowed of concerned wives and families as the rescue took place, but consider myself lucky because although my father, two uncles, and my grandfather all worked at the pit, none of them came to harm.
I grew up and went through school with several lads that had lost there dad in the disaster and at the time it all seemed very "matter of fact", but know having watched this programme it seems very poignant and fair brought a tear to my eye.