Aberfan Disaster Archive
Dowlais Collection Class D

Tribunal of Inquiry Material

 D/001 Title: Aberfan Disaster Inquiry

Correspondence of MTBC regarding the Inquiry. Original folder, divisions by cataloguer.

D/001/01 Title: Use of College of Further Education for Aberfan Inquiry

3 - 28/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 2

Correspondents:
J. Beale, Director of Education, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Ministry of Public Buildings and Works

D/001/02 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

7-11-66

Type: TS Pages: 1

re possible action on future tipping

Correspondents:
Treasury Solicitor (department)
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/03

1 - 8/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 2

re photos of Aberfan

Correspondents:
Miscellaneous private individuals
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/04 Title: Aberfan Disaster

8/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 4

re ADF meeting

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Local Councillors, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/05 Title: Aberfan Disaster

8/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 3

re statements for the Inquiry

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Local Councillors, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/06

8/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

Request for plan of tip 7

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Treasury Solicitor (department)

D/001/07

9/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

re statement for Inquiry Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Former Director of Education, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council (1947-64)

D/001/08

9/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

re photo of Aberfan

Correspondents:
South Wales Electricity Board
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/09 Title: Aberfan Disaster

9/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

Request for transcripts of interviews

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
British Broadcasting Corporation

D/001/10 Title: Aberfan Disaster

9/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 7

re statements to Inquiry

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Local Councillors, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
I. Thomas, Chief Public Health Inspector, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/11

9/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

request for address of parents association

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Miscellaneous private individuals

D/001/12

27 - 9/11/66

Type: TS/MS Pages: 7

re MTBC's concern at tip safety during WW2
NB Letter from Owen, former war-time Director of Education

Correspondents:
Former Director of Education, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Mayor of Merthyr Tydfil
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/13 Title: Tribunal of Enquiry into the Aberfan Disaster

10/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

Request to see evidence held by MTBC

Correspondents:
Morgan Bruce & Nicholas, Solicitors for Aberfan Parents & Residents Association
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/14 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

10/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

re plans of tip complex

Correspondents:
Treasury Solicitor (department)
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/15 Title: Aberfan Tribunal

10 - 11/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 2

re request for transcripts

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal

D/001/16 Title: Aberfan Disaster

11/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

re transcripts of interviews

Correspondents:
British Broadcasting Corporation
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/17 Title: Aberfan Disaster

11/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

Request for copy of planning permission for tip 7

Correspondents:
Morgan Bruce & Nicholas, Solicitors for Aberfan Parents & Residents Association
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/18 Title: Aberfan Disaster Tribunal

12/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

Request for info on MTBC redevelopment plan 1953

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Welsh Office

D/001/19 Title: Tribunal of Inquiry into Aberfan Disaster

12/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 2

re copies of evidence

Correspondents:
Morgan Bruce & Nicholas, Solicitors for Aberfan Parents & Residents Association
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/20 Title: Aberfan Disaster

14/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

re transcripts of interviews

Will only give transcripts to Treasury Solicitor

Correspondents:
British Broadcasting Corporation
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/21 Title: Aberfan Enquiry

10 - 16/10/66

Type: TS/MS Pages: 4

re copies of evidence

Correspondents:
Morgan Bruce & Nicholas, Solicitors for Aberfan Parents & Residents Association
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Treasury Solicitor (department)
D/001/22

16/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 2

Acknowledgement of letters

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
British Broadcasting Corporation

D/001/23

nd

Type: TS Pages: 1

List of addresses and telephone numbers of relevant people

D/001/24

Type: MS Pages: 7

Handwritten summaries of Town Clerk and Borough Engineer's statements to the Inquiry? Noted by Town Clerk ?

D/001/25

11/11/66

Type: MS Pages: 4

Letter & diagram re tip stability

Correspondents:
Miscellaneous private individuals
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/26

10/11/66

Type: MS Pages: 3

Letter from engineer at Merthyr Vale colliery (1942-46)
Had seen signs of tip movement during war. Remedy measures taken and situation reported to head of company

Correspondents:
Miscellaneous private individuals
Mayor of Merthyr Tydfil

D/001/27 Title: Additional Material for Treasury Office

22/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

All supplied by MTBC

D/001/28 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

17 - 18/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 4

re Tribunal procedures. Annotated.

Correspondents:
Morgan Bruce & Nicholas, Solicitors for Aberfan Parents & Residents Association
Treasury Solicitor (department)
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/29 Title: Aberfan inquiry

18/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

re photos of Aberfan

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Miscellaneous private individuals

D/001/30 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

14 - 18/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 3

Observations on the causes of tip slides

Correspondents:
Miscellaneous private individuals
Treasury Solicitor (department)
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/31 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

17/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 2

re geology in the region. Includes clipping from Sunday Times

Correspondents:
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nottingham
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/32 Title: Aberfan Disaster: Tribunal

25/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

re statement to tribunal

Correspondents:
Former Director of Education, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/33 Title: Aberfan Disaster Tribunal

18/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

re Merthyr Tydfil Development Plan Report 1953

Correspondents:
Welsh Office
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/34 Title: Aberfan Tribunal Inquiry

22/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

re statement of evidence

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Chief Constable of Glamorgan

D/001/35 Title: Aberfan Enquiry

24/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

re holding of Inquiry in College of Further Education

Correspondents:
Ministry of Public Buildings and Works
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/36

2/8/66 - 5/11/66NCB

Type: TS Pages: 11

re research into uses for colliery waste

Correspondents:
National Coal Board
Ministry of Public Buildings and Works
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Miscellaneous private individuals
National Union of Mineworkers

D/001/37 Title: Aberfan Enquiry

25 - 30/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 6

re correspondence received for the Tribunal

Correspondents:
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nottingham
Treasury Solicitor (department)

D/001/38 Title: Notes regarding remarks made at opening of Tribunal regarding the slip which had occurred at the Aberfan tip

1/12/66

Type: TS Pages: 2

Taken for MTBC. Underlinings.

D/001/39 Title: Restriction of further tipping of waste from colliery production

1/12/66

Type: TS Pages: 2

MTBC seeking legal advice

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Welsh Office
Society of Town Clerks

D/001/40 Title: Pentre Landslide

1/12/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Borough of Rhondda
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/41 Title: Restriction of further tipping of waste from colliery production

5/12/55

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Society of Town Clerks
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/42 Title: Aberfan Tribunal

6 - 19/12/66

Type: TS Pages: 19

re site & costs of the Tribunal

Correspondents:
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Local Councillors, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal

D/001/43 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

15/12/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

re geological map

Correspondents:
Treasury Solicitor (department)
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/44 Title: Pentre Landslide

23/12/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Town Clerk, Borough of Rhondda

D/001/45

23/12/66

Type: TS Pages: 7

re arrangements for Tribunal

Correspondents:
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal

D/001/46 Title: Aberfan Tribunal

nd

Type: TS Pages: 1

List of work/items supplied by MTBC to enable Inquiry to be held at College of Further Education

D/001/47 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

29/12/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

re buses from Aberfan to the Tribunal in Cardiff

Correspondents:
Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/48 Title: Restrictions of further tipping waste materials from colliery production

30/12/66

Type: TS Pages: 3

re legal advice

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Miscellaneous English Borough Councils

D/001/49 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

30 - 31/12/66

Type: TS Pages: 2

Internal Council correspondence re buses from Aberfan to Tribunal in Cardiff

D/001/50

31/12/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

re evidence to Tribunal of local librarian

Correspondents:
Miscellaneous private individuals
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/51 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

3 - 4/1/67

Type: TS Pages: 5

re witnesses called to give evidence

Correspondents:
Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Hywel ap Roberts

D/001/52 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

5 - 13/1/67

Type: TS Pages: 5

re bus warrants for Aberfan residents to travel to Cardiff for Tribunal

Correspondents:
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Morgan Bruce & Nicholas, Solicitors for Aberfan Parents & Residents Association
T. K. Griffiths, Chief Constable of Merthyr Tydfil

D/001/53 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

16/1/67

Type: TS Pages: 1

re rent for college of Further Education

Correspondents:
Ministry of Public Buildings and Works
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/54 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

17/1/67

Type: TS Pages: 3

re bus from Aberfan to Tribunal in Cardiff. Includes number using the bus 12-17/1/67

Correspondents:
Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal
Treasury Solicitor (department)

D/001/55 Title: Aberfan Disaster

28/12/66 - 22/1/67

Type: TS/MS Pages: 5

re scheme to stop slides

Correspondents:
Miscellaneous private individuals
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal

D/001/56 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

24/1/67

Type: TS Pages: 1

re who bares cost of buses from Aberfan to Cardiff

Correspondents:
Treasury Solicitor (department)
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/57

25/1/67

Type: TS Pages: 1

re NCB memo

Correspondents:
Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/001/58

Type: TS Pages: 1

re list of MTBC representatives at Tribunal, 25-26/1/67

D/001/59 Title: Aberfan Enquiry

26/1/67

Type: TS Pages: 3

Internal MTBC correspondence re Inquiry costs

D/001/61 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

27/1/67

Type: TS Pages: 3

MTBC protest at moving of Tribunal to Cardiff

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal
Welsh Office

D/001/62 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

3/2/67

Type: TS Pages: 3

MTBC forwarding & acknowledging correspondence

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Miscellaneous private individuals
Miscellaneous English Borough Councils

D/001/63

11 - 14/2/67

Type: TS/MS Pages: 4

Further correspondence regarding individual who wants to give evidence
See D/001/60

Correspondents:
Miscellaneous private individuals
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal

D/001/64 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

16/2 - 7/3/67

Type: TS Pages: 8

re charges for use of College of Further Education for Tribunal

Correspondents:
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Ministry of Public Buildings and Works

D/001/65 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

28/2 - 30/3/67

Type: TS Pages: 5

re payments of Bus warrants to Cardiff

Correspondents:
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Treasury Solicitor (department)

D/001/66 Title: Application for transcript

14 - 30/3/67

Type: TS Pages: 5

re requests for transcripts of interviews with Geoffrey Morgan (NCB)

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
British Broadcasting Corporation

D/001/67 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

6 - 13/4/67

Type: TS Pages: 4

re concern of Parents & Residents Association over safety of tips.

Correspondents:
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Morgan Bruce & Nicholas, Solicitors for Aberfan Parents & Residents Association
Lord Robens, Chairman, NCB

D/001/68 Title: Aberfan Disaster Tribunal

22/6/67 - 18/1/68

Type: TS/MS Pages: 39

Documents & correspondence relating to MTBC's claim for public reimbursement of legal costs incurred during the Inquiry
Includes letters of thanks/observation from Counsels for MTBC. Day 73 (p.4069) Tribunal agrees MTBC costs be paid by public funds

Correspondents:
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Treasury Solicitor (department)
Welsh Office
Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal
Hywel ap Roberts

D/001/69 Title: Aberfan Tribunal

26/1/68 - 10/4/69

Type: TS Pages: 93

Documents & correspondence relating to other costs incurred by MTBC during the Inquiry
Includes original estimates of costs plus subsequent debate & breakdowns. Also includes list of no. of Aberfan residents travelling to Tribunal in Cardiff.

Correspondents:
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Ministry of Public Buildings and Works
Welsh Office
Treasury Solicitor (department)
Miscellaneous commercial companies/organisations

D/002 Miscellaneous material used by Tribunal. Originally loose.

D/002/01 Title: Attorney-General & Others v. Cory Bros.

30/4/1921

Type: TS Pages: 13

From 'Justice of the Peace'. Account of case against colliery company re damage done by landslide

D/002/02 Title: Councillors object to Aerial Ropeway Plan

11/1/64

Type: TS Pages: 1

Photocopy of article from Merthyr Express

D/003 Title: Written statements made to the Tribunal

Originally loose collection of bundles.

D/003/01

nd

Type: TS/MS Pages: 3

Thomas Ritchie of Reservoir House, Treharris. District Public Works Superindentent for lower area of Merthyr Tydfil
Includes accounts rendered on NCB re Pantglas Brook

D/003/02

21/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 3

Victor Charles Jones, 5 Pantglas Rd. Aberfan. Police Sgt. in Merthyr Tydfil Borough Constabulary
re local concerns, stream on mountain etc.

D/003/03 Title: Tipmen Aberfan Tip Disaster - Statements taken at Welfare Hill, Aberfan, Wednesday,2nd November 1966

2/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 8

DJ Evans (Tram repairer), Ted Wilkins (Haulage Driver), Ernest Evans (Engine driver), DR Tudor (ex-chairman Merthyr Vale lodge), Terry Morris (Burner), Gwyn brown (crane driver)
Tudor had made complaints re slurry from tip previously

D/003/04

7/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 2

David Robert Tudor, Taff Street, Merthyr Vale (councillor and former-Mayor)
Tudor's statement different to that in D/003/03

D/003/05

19/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 2

Margaret Stewart Taylor, Chief Librarian & Museum Curator, Merthyr Tydfil
Info on history of Aberfan

D/003/06

17/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 3

Iorwerth Thomas, Chief Public Health Inspector of the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil
Includes extracts of MTBC minutes discussing the tip etc.

D/003/07

nd

Type: TS Pages: 4

John Firth Bradley, Deputy Borough Engineer & Town Planning Officer to the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil
Includes details of MTBC's dealings with NCB over tip safety etc.

D/003/08

nd

Type: TS Pages: 3

Michael McGinty, Merthyr Vale councillor
Includes extracts of MTBC minutes discussing the tip etc.

D/003/09

nd

Type: TS Pages: 2

James Williams, Merthyr Vale councillor
re MTBC & Labour Party concerns over flooding, tip etc.

D/003/10

nd

Type: TS Pages: 1

Albert Stanfield, Foreman Troedyrhiw Depot, Borough Engineer's Dept. of MTBC
re problems at brook in Aberfan

D/003/11

nd

Type: TS Pages: 1

Gerald Michael Donovan, MTBC councillor
re MTBC concerns over tip etc. raised at MTBC meetings

D/003/12

11/11/66

Type: TS/MS Pages: 7

Thomas Kenderick Griffiths, Chief Constable for the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil
re police action on day of disaster. Includes copies of the messages informing police of the disaster

D/003/13

14/11/66

Type: TS Pages: 1

Edwards Roberts, Deputy Town Clerk MTBC: 1930-36, Town clerk MTBC 1936-50
re MTBC concern over tip stability

D/004

Miscellaneous letters of complaints re NCB. Original bundle, cataloguer's divisions

D/004/01 Petition from residents of Station Sq., Merthyr Vale - problems caused by NCB traffic on its way to dump pit refuse

16/7/59

Type: MS Pages: 1

D/004/02 Title: Condition of Road, Merthyr Vale

16/7 - 20/8/59

Type: TS Pages: 8

Correspondents:
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
National Coal Board

D/004/03

7/10/59

Type: MS Pages: 2

re repairs and better drainage needed in Thomas St. & Moy Rd Aberfan. Blames subsidence

Correspondents:
Miscellaneous private individuals
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/004/04 Title: re repairs - 4 Thomas St. & 8 Moy Rd, Aberfan

9/10/59

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Dr. R. M. Williams, Medical Officer of Health, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/005

Type: TS

Miscellaneous correspondence etc. re Aberfan tip & other complaints. Documents originally loose or in other bundles

D/005/01 Title: 1) Collection of refuse from back of lanes. 2) Odorous from NCB tip at Aberfan

14 - 16/6/59

Type: TS Pages: 4

Complaints re unpleasant odorous from the tip which has been on fire

Correspondents:
Merthyr Vale Ward Labour Party
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/005/02 Title: Culvert and watercourse comprising the Pantglas Brook adjoining the Merthyr Vale and Aberfan Social Democratic Club and Institute Ltd.

27/8/58 - 23/12/59

Type: TS Pages: 15

re silting up of the brook and question of responsibility
Includes Abatement notice served to cleanse the brook

Correspondents:
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
National Coal Board
Merthyr Vale Ward Labour Party
Miscellaneous commercial companies/organisations

D/005/03 Title: Sewer Aberfan Rd

1/7 - 30/10/63

Type: TS Pages: 4

complaints re

Correspondents:
Merthyr Vale Ward Labour Party
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/005/04 Title: Flooding at Pantglas/The Grove Aberfan

16/1 - 16/8/65

Type: TS Pages: 2

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Mr. Stiles, Area Estates Manager, NCB
D.C.W. Jones, Borough Engineer, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/006

Miscellaneous MTBC notes etc. on Tribunal evidence

D/006/01 Title: Bundle 1 - Letter 7

nd

Type: TS Pages: 1

Notes by Borough Engineer on pages 7, 8, 16 , 17, 23 of bundle 1 (D/011)

D/006/02 Title: Synopsis of correspondence and minutes relating to flooding etc. in Aberfan area

Type: TS Pages: 23

refers to bundles which no longer exist, prepared by MTBC

D/006/03

November 1966 ?

Type: MS Pages:

Notebook containing details of evidence collected by MTBC for Tribunal. Also contains brief notes on various organisations' work post-disaster.

D/006/04

nd

Type: MS Pages:

Books of notes on oral evidence presented at the Tribunal.
Some notes by Hywel ap Robert.

D/007 Title: Aberfan Inquiry

3/1/67

Type: TS Pages: 10

Comments on Statement of evidence by Roy John Piggott, Chief Surveyor & Minerals Manager, S.W. Division, NCB, 20/11/66 by Prof. Edward L. J. Potts

D/008

1966

Type: TS Pages: 51

Synopsis & description of evidence & argument used by MTBC at Inquiry. Sent to MTBC Counsel
Heavily annotated. Also features statements made by MTBC employees etc. Front page missing

D/009 Title: Letters headed 'Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

24/7/63 - 11/2/64

Type: TS Pages: 27

Duplicates of material in D/011

D/009/01 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

24/7/63

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
D.C.W. Jones, Borough Engineer, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Mr. T. Ritchie, District Public Works Superintendent, NCB

D/009/02 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

20/8/63

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Mr. D. L. Roberts, Area Mechanical Engineer, NCB

D/009/03 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

29/8/63

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
D.C.W. Jones, Borough Engineer, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Mr. D. L. Roberts, Area Mechanical Engineer, NCB

D/009/04 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

13/9/63

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Mr. D. L. Roberts, Area Mechanical Engineer, NCB
D.C.W. Jones, Borough Engineer, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/009/05 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

16/9/63

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
D.C.W. Jones, Borough Engineer, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Mr. D. L. Roberts, Area Mechanical Engineer, NCB

D/009/06 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

12/11/63

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
D.C.W. Jones, Borough Engineer, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/009/07 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

18/11/63

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Mr. D. L. Roberts, Area Mechanical Engineer, NCB

D/009/08 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

20/11/63

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Mr. Stiles, Area Estates Manager, NCB

D/009/09 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

20/11/63

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Mr. Stiles, Area Estates Manager, NCB
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/009/10 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

20/11/63

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
D.C.W. Jones, Borough Engineer, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/009/11 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

25/11/63

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
D.C.W. Jones, Borough Engineer, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/009/12 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

6/12/63

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
D.C.W. Jones, Borough Engineer, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/009/13 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

13/12/63

Type: TS Pages: 2

Correspondents:
D.C.W. Jones, Borough Engineer, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/009/14 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

16/12/63

Type: TS Pages: 2

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Mr. D. L. Roberts, Area Mechanical Engineer, NCB

D/009/15 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

22/1/64

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
D.C.W. Jones, Borough Engineer, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/009/16 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

22/1/64

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
D.C.W. Jones, Borough Engineer, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Mr. T. Ritchie, District Public Works Superintendent, NCB

D/009/17 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

24/1/64

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Mr. D. L. Roberts, Area Mechanical Engineer, NCB

D/009/18 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

28/1/64

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Mr. D. L. Roberts, Area Mechanical Engineer, NCB
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/009/19 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

31/1/64

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
D.C.W. Jones, Borough Engineer, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/009/20 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

3/2/64

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Mr. D. L. Roberts, Area Mechanical Engineer, NCB

D/009/21 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

4/2/64

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Mr. T. G. Llewelyn, Assistant Area Engineer, NCB
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/009/22 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

5/2/64

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
D.C.W. Jones, Borough Engineer, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/009/23 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

11/2/64

Type: TS Pages: 2

Correspondents:
D.C.W. Jones, Borough Engineer, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Mr. D. L. Roberts, Area Mechanical Engineer, NCB

D/009/24 Title: Danger from Coal Slurry being tipped at the rear of the Pantglas Schools

12/2/64

Type: TS Pages: 1

Correspondents:
D.C.W. Jones, Borough Engineer, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

D/010 Title: Interim Report on the Aberfan Slips

13/12/66

Type: TS Pages: 11

Prepared by Messrs. Edgar Morton & Partner for Taliesin Griffiths & Sons (representing NUT)
Illustrated

D/011 Title: Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal - Bundle 1

1943-1966

Type: TS/MS Pages: 244

Correspondence & memoranda relating to complaints as to danger of tips, flooding and pollution

37 pages missing

D/012 Title: Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal - Bundle 2

1950 - 1965

Type: TS Pages: 238

Documents relating to Town & Country Planning: 1) Planning applications, 2) Town development plan, 3) Aerial ropeway

115 pages missing. Related newspaper clipping re aerial walkway in D/002/02

D/013 Title: Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal - Bundle 3

1944-1966

Type: TS Pages: 86

Minutes of meetings of Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council, Minutes of Merthyr Vale Colliery Consultative committee regarding site condition and remedial action required

NB 22 pages of minutes of Merthyr Vale Colliery Consultative Committee missing

D/014 Title: Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal - Bundle 4

1961 -1965

Type: TS/MS Pages: 127

Reports and correspondence with regard to previous slips

D/015 Title: Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal - Bundle 5

Proposed coal recovery schemes by Ryan Industrial Fuels

All but 7 pages missing

D/016 Title: Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal - Bundle 6

1958 - 1965

Type: TS/MS Pages: 179

Documents and supporting evidence Documents and supporting evidence relating to Merthyr Vale Major projects

D/017 Title: Aberfan Inquiry Tribunal - Bundle 7

1943-1966

Type: TS Pages:

Minutes of Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council committee meetings

No index. Minutes of three relevant meetings NOT in bundle 7 added.

D/018

Miscellaneous Merthyr Express cuttings relating to the Tribunal
2/12/66, 13/1/67, 20/1/67, 28/4/67, 5/5/67

D/019

Miscellaneous press cuttings relating to the Tribunal. Photocopy of collection belong to Lord Ackner, Counsel for the Aberfan Parents & Residents Assocition at the Tribunal.

Western Mail, 7-8/12/66, 19-21/4/67
Daily Express, 21/4/67
South Wales Echo, 6-7 & 9/12/66
Daily Telegraph, 12/4/67
Daily Mirror, 21/4/67

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