#31daysofgraves Day 21: Air The grave of Basil Radford, aka Gilbert the Filbert, Edwardian theatre's greatest dandy, who died when he fell from a hot-air balloon as an observer and was identifiable only by his cigarette case. He lies in Couin British Cemetery, France

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Today, people across the world remember one of the greatest tragedies in Welsh history - the 1966 Aberfan disaster - which left a small mining village robbed of an entire generation

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Reasons to not attend: 1. I'm one of the speakers. 2. It's quite expensive. Reasons to attend: Mk I tank related stories that have been seldom told including Tank patents, Elvedon, culture, morale, Palestine, the view from the other side, & French tanks. tankmuseum.org/110-annivers...

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Indeed, some key figures were handsomely rewarded. The guilty men always go free. Hillsborough. Covid. And others yet to happen.

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Aberfan was a disaster waiting to happen, - engineering incompetence on a massive scale over many years. The tragedy itself was appalling, but what followed, - the conniving & despicable behavior of the Coal Board & it's officers, was beneath contempt. Prosecutions were notable by their absence.

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