{"id":20712,"date":"2016-10-29T15:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/?p=20712"},"modified":"2025-12-06T11:39:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T11:39:35","slug":"aberfan-remembered-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/?p=20712","title":{"rendered":"Aberfan remembered III"},"content":{"rendered":"

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https:\/\/www.alangeorge.co.uk\/AberfanDisaster_Page2.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

On the evening of October 21st 2016 I drove from Merthyr to Cardiff to hear the Aberfan Memorial Lectures by five members of the London Geological Society. My recordings of the talks are linked below, split into the relevant parts:-<\/p>\n

Introduction<\/a> by Paul Maliphant -\u0096 Development and Projects Director, Mott MacDonald Ltd<\/p>\n

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Talk by Malcolm Brown<\/a> – President of Geological Society London<\/p>\n

Talk by Ted Nield<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ted Nield holds a doctorate in geology and works for the Geological Society of London as editor of the monthly magazine Geoscientist. He is a past Chair of the Association of British Science Writers and was a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations International Year of Planet Earth.<\/p>\n

He is a Fellow of the Geological Society and a member of the Meteoritical Society. He is the author of Supercontinent (2007), Incoming! (2011) and Underlands (2014), all published by Granta Books. He lives in London.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Talk by Bob Leeming<\/a> – HM Chief Inspector of Mines, Health and Safety Executive<\/p>\n

Talk by Dr Helen Reeves<\/a> – Science Director Engineering Geology, British Geological Survey<\/p>\n

Book recommendation<\/a> by Dr Helen Reeves<\/p>\n

Talk by Paul Maliphant<\/a> – as above<\/p>\n

Questions and answers<\/a>\u00a0– the audio volume varies because the speakers from the audience did not initially have the microphone. The contribution from the audience by a civil engineer refers to Marine Colliery at Cwm in Ebbw Vale.<\/p>\n

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Side by side maps<\/a><\/p>\n

Below – Cwm today<\/p>\n

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Cwm – a small village in a steep sided valley – Ebbw vale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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