The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #132778   Message #3568584
Posted By: Paul Burke
20-Oct-13 - 03:06 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Aberfan, Blantyre & tragedies
Subject: RE: Folklore: Aberfan, Blantyre & tragedies
Guest:

I'm not Welsh or from a mining community, and I knew nobody that died that day. But like you, anything that touches Aberfan I find almost unbearable. When kids at school told Auschwitz jokes, I'd respond with an Aberfan joke (they existed) and that generaly shut them up.

Close the Coalhouse door, lads, there's bairns inside...